Idalou, TX

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LUBBOCK, TX US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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.

Annual swing
40.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,033
Cooling need
1,722

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Climate change signal

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

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