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Weather in Idalou, TX · National Weather Service + NOAA

Idalou is snow country

Idalou has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 93°, a January night drops to 27°, and about 7 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 64°, and nights fall to 36°.

Winter 57°/29°Spring 76°/46°Summer 92°/66°Fall 75°/47°
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Sunrise 8:06 am · sunset 6:53 pm

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What stands out about Idalou’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 7 inches a winter, more than 1,720 of 1,796 Texas towns.Hot summersJuly afternoons average 93°, hotter than 92% of U.S. towns.Among Texas’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 27°, colder than 1,753 of 1,859 Texas towns.A short growing season210 frost-free days, from Apr 4 to Nov 2.
A normal year

Where today sits in Idalou’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

Full climate →
Winter
57° / 29°
2 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
76° / 46°
Last frost around Apr 4
Summer
92° / 66°
92 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
75° / 47°
First frost around Nov 2
Todayis the usual first frost
Best months to be outside
AprMayOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Idalou get?About 7 inches a winter.When is it wettest?May, with 2.8 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.7° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Idalou itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Lubbock, TX (8 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.