Amarillo climate

Name: Amarillo
Address: US

Amarillo is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.4 °C. August is the wettest month (59 mm) and February the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Amarillo averages 470 mm of rain, 162 days above 25 °C and 66 days below freezing.

United States · 1,118 m elevation · population 198,645 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 33 °C
Coldest month January -1.4 °C
Driest month February 17 mm
Wettest month August 59 mm
Least cloud October 33 % cloud
Hottest on record June 43 °C
Coldest on record February -21 °C

What to expectAmarillo through the year

Amarillo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 162 days a year reach 25 °C, 92 of them reach 30 °C, 66 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 59 mm against 17 mm in February — 3.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	11.0 °C	19 mm	39 %
February	13.9 °C	17 mm	42 %
March	18.7 °C	37 mm	41 %
April	23.1 °C	44 mm	39 %
May	27.3 °C	58 mm	41 %
June	31.5 °C	55 mm	39 %
July	32.8 °C	44 mm	39 %
August	31.8 °C	59 mm	40 %
September	28.2 °C	39 mm	34 %
October	22.9 °C	50 mm	33 %
November	16.2 °C	22 mm	34 %
December	10.8 °C	27 mm	39 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	11.0 °C	-1.4 °C	3.5 °C	24.8 °C	-18.9 °C	0	0	20
February	13.9 °C	0.1 °C	5.6 °C	28.8 °C	-21.1 °C	1	0	14
March	18.7 °C	4.2 °C	10.2 °C	31.5 °C	-13.4 °C	4	0	6
April	23.1 °C	8.5 °C	14.7 °C	35.4 °C	-7.8 °C	12	2	1
May	27.3 °C	13.5 °C	19.7 °C	38.2 °C	1.0 °C	21	10	0
June	31.5 °C	18.7 °C	24.6 °C	42.6 °C	9.2 °C	28	20	0
July	32.8 °C	21.0 °C	26.7 °C	42.0 °C	13.6 °C	30	26	0
August	31.8 °C	20.4 °C	25.7 °C	39.8 °C	10.7 °C	30	22	0
September	28.2 °C	16.3 °C	21.6 °C	37.9 °C	2.7 °C	24	10	0
October	22.9 °C	10.2 °C	15.6 °C	35.3 °C	-7.5 °C	11	2	1
November	16.2 °C	3.9 °C	8.9 °C	28.6 °C	-13.7 °C	2	0	6
December	10.8 °C	-0.9 °C	3.8 °C	24.3 °C	-17.5 °C	0	0	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	19 mm	3	10 h/day	39 %	54 %	25 km/h
February	17 mm	3	11 h/day	42 %	52 %	26 km/h
March	37 mm	5	12 h/day	41 %	49 %	28 km/h
April	44 mm	6	13 h/day	39 %	45 %	30 km/h
May	58 mm	7	14 h/day	41 %	50 %	28 km/h
June	55 mm	8	15 h/day	39 %	52 %	27 km/h
July	44 mm	7	14 h/day	39 %	49 %	23 km/h
August	59 mm	8	13 h/day	40 %	53 %	22 km/h
September	39 mm	6	12 h/day	34 %	55 %	24 km/h
October	50 mm	5	11 h/day	33 %	53 %	25 km/h
November	22 mm	3	10 h/day	34 %	52 %	26 km/h
December	27 mm	3	9.8 h/day	39 %	55 %	25 km/h

How Amarillo compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Amarillo	33 °C	-1.4 °C	470 mm	162
Lubbock · United States	33 °C	0.4 °C	449 mm	182
Oklahoma City · United States	34 °C	-0.2 °C	830 mm	162
Albuquerque · United States	33 °C	-2.6 °C	203 mm	156
Colorado Springs · United States	29 °C	-8.4 °C	480 mm	98
Wichita · United States	33 °C	-3.0 °C	890 mm	143

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Amarillo.

QuestionsCommon questions about Amarillo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Amarillo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Amarillo get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 92 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 66 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Amarillo?

August, averaging 59 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is February with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 470 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Amarillo rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.