Lubbock climate

Name: Lubbock
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Lubbock is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.4 °C. May is the wettest month (55 mm) and January the driest (21 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lubbock averages 449 mm of rain, 182 days above 25 °C and 46 days below freezing.

United States · 976 m elevation · population 249,042 · 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 0.4 °C
Driest month January 21 mm
Wettest month May 55 mm
Least cloud October 32 % cloud
Hottest on record June 44 °C
Coldest on record December -14 °C

What to expectLubbock through the year

Lubbock has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 182 days a year reach 25 °C, 107 of them reach 30 °C, 46 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 21 mm in January to 55 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.3 °C	21 mm	39 %
February	16.3 °C	24 mm	43 %
March	20.7 °C	39 mm	41 %
April	25.1 °C	38 mm	36 %
May	29.1 °C	55 mm	39 %
June	32.5 °C	46 mm	37 %
July	33.3 °C	33 mm	37 %
August	32.5 °C	43 mm	38 %
September	28.8 °C	54 mm	35 %
October	24.0 °C	47 mm	32 %
November	17.8 °C	27 mm	35 %
December	13.2 °C	23 mm	40 %

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	13.3 °C	0.4 °C	5.5 °C	26.7 °C	-13.4 °C	0	0	15
February	16.3 °C	2.1 °C	7.8 °C	30.8 °C	-14.2 °C	1	0	9
March	20.7 °C	5.9 °C	12.1 °C	32.8 °C	-9.4 °C	7	1	4
April	25.1 °C	10.2 °C	16.7 °C	37.6 °C	-5.8 °C	17	5	0
May	29.1 °C	15.3 °C	21.5 °C	40.8 °C	2.3 °C	25	14	0
June	32.5 °C	19.9 °C	25.8 °C	44.0 °C	10.9 °C	29	22	0
July	33.3 °C	21.8 °C	27.4 °C	42.7 °C	13.1 °C	31	27	0
August	32.5 °C	21.4 °C	26.6 °C	42.9 °C	14.2 °C	30	25	0
September	28.8 °C	17.3 °C	22.5 °C	38.7 °C	5.2 °C	25	12	0
October	24.0 °C	11.6 °C	16.9 °C	36.6 °C	-5.8 °C	14	3	0
November	17.8 °C	5.3 °C	10.4 °C	29.8 °C	-10.0 °C	2	0	4
December	13.2 °C	0.9 °C	5.8 °C	26.2 °C	-14.4 °C	0	0	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	21 mm	3	10 h/day	39 %	53 %	24 km/h
February	24 mm	4	11 h/day	43 %	51 %	26 km/h
March	39 mm	5	12 h/day	41 %	48 %	27 km/h
April	38 mm	4	13 h/day	36 %	44 %	29 km/h
May	55 mm	7	14 h/day	39 %	50 %	26 km/h
June	46 mm	7	14 h/day	37 %	52 %	25 km/h
July	33 mm	6	14 h/day	37 %	49 %	21 km/h
August	43 mm	6	13 h/day	38 %	52 %	20 km/h
September	54 mm	6	12 h/day	35 %	58 %	21 km/h
October	47 mm	5	11 h/day	32 %	55 %	23 km/h
November	27 mm	4	10 h/day	35 %	54 %	24 km/h
December	23 mm	3	9.9 h/day	40 %	54 %	24 km/h

How Lubbock 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
Lubbock	33 °C	0.4 °C	449 mm	182
Amarillo · United States	33 °C	-1.4 °C	470 mm	162
Fort Worth · United States	35 °C	3.9 °C	950 mm	194
Arlington · United States	35 °C	4.0 °C	988 mm	192
Oklahoma City · United States	34 °C	-0.2 °C	830 mm	162

Where Lubbock ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in October	35thof 50	93/100
The warmest places in North America in June	39thof 50	33 °C
The driest places in North America year-round	47thof 50	37 mm
The warmest places in North America in July	47thof 50	33 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Lubbock’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lubbock?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Lubbock get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 107 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 46 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Lubbock?

May, averaging 55 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is January with 21 mm. The year as a whole averages 449 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 Lubbock 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.