Winkler County Airport, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Winkler County Airport's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 11.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.6°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 36°C, 289 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWinkler County Airport
- Station IDUSW00023040
- Location31.78°N 103.20°W
- Elevation2,807 ft (856 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Winkler County Airport is 78°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Winkler County Airport.
- Jan 60° 30°
- Feb 65° 34°
- Mar 74° 42°
- Apr 83° 50°
- May 90° 60°
- Jun 98° 69°
- Jul 97° 72°
- Aug 96° 71°
- Sep 89° 64°
- Oct 81° 51°
- Nov 69° 38°
- Dec 60° 31°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Winkler County Airport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in September (1.55 in), the least in February (0.40 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 30°F | 44.8°F | 0.49 | 3 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 65°F | 34°F | 49.7°F | 0.40 | 3 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 74°F | 42°F | 57.8°F | 0.72 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 83°F | 50°F | 66.0°F | 0.47 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 90°F | 60°F | 75.0°F | 1.40 | 4 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 98°F | 69°F | 83.3°F | 1.27 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 97°F | 72°F | 84.6°F | 1.53 | 5 | 29 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 96°F | 71°F | 83.6°F | 1.38 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 64°F | 76.4°F | 1.55 | 5 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 51°F | 65.8°F | 1.18 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 38°F | 53.5°F | 0.49 | 2 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 31°F | 45.3°F | 0.50 | 3 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 51°F | 65.5°F | 11.38 | 45 | 142 | 65 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | −1°C | 7.1°C | 12 mm |
| February | 19°C | 1°C | 9.8°C | 10 mm |
| March | 23°C | 5°C | 14.3°C | 18 mm |
| April | 28°C | 10°C | 18.9°C | 12 mm |
| May | 32°C | 15°C | 23.9°C | 36 mm |
| June | 36°C | 21°C | 28.5°C | 32 mm |
| July | 36°C | 22°C | 29.2°C | 39 mm |
| August | 36°C | 22°C | 28.7°C | 35 mm |
| September | 32°C | 18°C | 24.7°C | 39 mm |
| October | 27°C | 11°C | 18.8°C | 30 mm |
| November | 20°C | 4°C | 11.9°C | 12 mm |
| December | 16°C | −1°C | 7.4°C | 13 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Jal (23 miles away), gets 2 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023040; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Winkler County Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (2).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023040.
When is the last frost at Winkler County Airport?
In Winkler County Airport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 26 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 6 in half of years and before October 24 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 261 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after March 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 61 year in 10 before October 24; 9 in 10 before November 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 222 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 249 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 10 in half of springs and before November 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Winkler County Airport in zone 8a in ZIP code 79789, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00023040; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Winkler County Airport?
In a normal year in Winkler County Airport, 142 days a year reach 90°F (51 of them 100°F or more), 65 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 45 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 142a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 51a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 65a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 45a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1938) is 117°F, on June 27, 1994; the lowest is −14°F, on January 11, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 22.67 in; the snowiest season is 1982–83, with 12.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00023040; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00023040. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is it at Winkler County Airport, and how clear are the skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 58°F. The muggiest month is August, with an average dew point of 58°F; the driest air comes in December (25°F). March is the windiest month (10.5 mph on average), and April has the most clear or nearly clear hours (83%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°F | 48% | 25% | 8.3 mph | 75% | 16% |
| February | 26°F | 38% | 19% | 9.8 mph | 75% | 14% |
| March | 32°F | 35% | 16% | 10.5 mph | 82% | 10% |
| April | 37°F | 32% | 15% | 10.5 mph | 83% | 7% |
| May | 52°F | 40% | 20% | 10.3 mph | 82% | 6% |
| June | 58°F | 44% | 25% | 10.4 mph | 82% | 4% |
| July | 58°F | 42% | 25% | 9.2 mph | 79% | 6% |
| August | 58°F | 48% | 28% | 8.7 mph | 80% | 6% |
| September | 51°F | 49% | 27% | 8.7 mph | 83% | 7% |
| October | 39°F | 50% | 27% | 8.5 mph | 77% | 13% |
| November | 27°F | 47% | 25% | 8.0 mph | 80% | 12% |
| December | 25°F | 52% | 30% | 7.9 mph | 76% | 16% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00023040. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is it at Winkler County Airport?
Over a year 88% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Winkler County Airport, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (92%) and December the cloudiest (84%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.6 |
| February | 84% | 4.4 |
| March | 86% | 5.7 |
| April | 90% | 7.0 |
| May | 89% | 7.5 |
| June | 92% | 7.7 |
| July | 90% | 7.3 |
| August | 90% | 6.7 |
| September | 87% | 5.7 |
| October | 88% | 4.8 |
| November | 87% | 3.8 |
| December | 84% | 3.2 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Winkler County Airport record?
A normal year at Winkler County Airport brings 2,456 heating degree days, 54% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,666 cooling degree days, 2.9 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,273 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 626 | 0 |
| February | 429 | 2 |
| March | 248 | 24 |
| April | 82 | 112 |
| May | 13 | 325 |
| June | 0 | 549 |
| July | 0 | 606 |
| August | 0 | 577 |
| September | 8 | 348 |
| October | 88 | 114 |
| November | 353 | 8 |
| December | 609 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,456 | 2,666 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023040. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Winkler County Airport been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 68.9°F, 3.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.5°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 65.3°F | −0.3°F | 9.80 |
| 2024 | 68.9°F | +3.4°F | 6.01 |
Over 67 complete years from 1939 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.5°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00023040; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Winkler County Airport's climate compare?
Winkler County Airport is warmer than 152 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 7. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.5°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Winkler County Airport is BSh: hot semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Winkler County Airport share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Wink, TX878 people · 3 mi SE
- Pyote, TX69 people · 17 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Winkler County Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Winkler County Airport?
January, with a normal high of 60°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow at Winkler County Airport?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Jal (23 miles away), records 2 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Winkler County Airport?
September, with 1.55 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.40 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Winkler County Airport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Winkler County Airport in zone 8a in ZIP code 79789, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come at Winkler County Airport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 26; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Winkler County Airport in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Kermit, TX8 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Jal, NM23 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Monahans, TX25 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Ochoa, NM30 miles from this station, 62.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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