Idalou, TX
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LUBBOCK, TX US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Idalou has an annual average temperature of 61.4°F with about 18.3 inches of precipitation per year and 7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 27.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.69 in) and January the driest (0.65 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
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All-time records →130 of 366 (35.5%) of Idalou's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1940s | 8 | |
| 1950s | 19 | |
| 1960s | 19 | |
| 1970s | 27 | |
| 1980s | 30 | |
| 1990s | 38 | |
| 2000s | 52 | |
| 2010s | 80 | |
| 2020s | 93 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55.0°F | 27.2°F | 41.1°F | 0.65 in | 1.6 in | 4 |
| February | 59.7°F | 30.6°F | 45.1°F | 0.65 in | 1.4 in | 4 |
| March | 67.8°F | 38.3°F | 53.0°F | 1.10 in | 0.4 in | 5 |
| April | 76.0°F | 46.3°F | 61.2°F | 1.33 in | 0.1 in | 4 |
| May | 84.2°F | 56.7°F | 70.4°F | 2.69 in | — | 7 |
| June | 91.6°F | 65.6°F | 78.6°F | 2.58 in | — | 8 |
| July | 93.4°F | 69.0°F | 81.2°F | 1.96 in | — | 6 |
| August | 92.2°F | 67.5°F | 79.9°F | 1.74 in | — | 6 |
| September | 84.9°F | 59.8°F | 72.3°F | 2.55 in | — | 6 |
| October | 75.5°F | 48.1°F | 61.8°F | 1.53 in | 0.1 in | 6 |
| November | 63.8°F | 36.3°F | 50.0°F | 0.80 in | 1.0 in | 4 |
| December | 55.1°F | 28.3°F | 41.7°F | 0.75 in | 2.4 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Idalou
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