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Weather in Zapata, TX · National Weather Service + NOAA

Zapata has hot summers

Zapata has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 100°, a January night drops to 47°, and snow is almost unheard of. A typical November afternoon reaches 78°, and nights fall to 55°.

Winter 72°/49°Spring 88°/64°Summer 99°/76°Fall 87°/64°
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Sunrise 6:47 am · sunset 5:53 pm

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What stands out about Zapata’s weather

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

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Hot summersJuly afternoons average 100°, hotter than 99% of U.S. towns.It hardly ever freezesOnly 77% of years see a night at 32° or below.Snow is rareAbout 0.1 inches in a normal year, so most winters see none.Plenty of 90° daysAbout 172 days a year reach 90°.
A normal year

Where today sits in Zapata’s year

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

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Winter
72° / 49°
Snow is rare
Spring
88° / 64°
Frost is rare by spring
Summer
99° / 76°
172 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
87° / 64°
Mild well into the fall
Best months to be outside
JanFebMarNovDec
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Zapata get?Almost none.When is it wettest?September, with 4.3 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.4° 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 Zapata itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Zapata 1 S, TX (2 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.