What is the hottest month in Plainview?

July is the warmest month in Plainview, with an average high of 92.4°F.

What is the coldest month in Plainview?

January is the coldest month in Plainview, with an average low of 26.1°F.

What month does Plainview get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Plainview, with about 2.86 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Plainview in?

Plainview is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 8a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Plainview changed recently?

20.5% of Plainview's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Plainview, TX

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Plainview has an annual average temperature of 59.7°F with about 19.3 inches of precipitation per year and 8.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 26.1°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.86 in) and February the driest (0.60 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.

Annual swing

40.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

3,438

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,515

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

75 of 366 (20.5%) of Plainview'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.

1900s		1
1910s		39
1920s		35
1930s		23
1940s		24
1950s		36
1960s		15
1970s		25
1980s		20
1990s		20
2000s		25
2010s		56
2020s		47

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	52.3°F	26.1°F	39.2°F	0.68 in	2.1 in	3
February	56.7°F	28.9°F	42.8°F	0.60 in	1.5 in	4
March	65.1°F	36.3°F	50.7°F	1.25 in	0.8 in	5
April	73.4°F	43.9°F	58.7°F	1.52 in	0.1 in	5
May	81.8°F	54.7°F	68.3°F	2.86 in	—	7
June	90.2°F	64.1°F	77.1°F	2.74 in	—	8
July	92.4°F	67.9°F	80.1°F	2.38 in	—	6
August	91.0°F	66.3°F	78.7°F	2.12 in	—	7
September	83.8°F	58.8°F	71.3°F	1.99 in	—	6
October	74.0°F	46.7°F	60.3°F	1.63 in	0.1 in	5
November	61.8°F	35.1°F	48.5°F	0.83 in	1.2 in	4
December	52.8°F	27.6°F	40.2°F	0.73 in	2.4 in	4