Childress weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Childress, Texas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Childress Municipal Airport, 1 km from Childress; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 23.7 in601 mm
- Snow a year
- 6 in14 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 30
- First fall freeze
- Nov 4
- Heating degree days
- 3,072
- Cooling degree days
- 2,264
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 16°−9° (heating, 99%) and 106°41° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Childress in January
Highs average 55°13° and lows 29°−2°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2006)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 719
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Childress in February
Highs average 58°15° and lows 32°0°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1904)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 555
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Childress in March
Highs average 68°20° and lows 40°5°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2026)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 362
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Childress in April
Highs average 76°25° and lows 48°9°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2012)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 152
- Cooling degree days
- 71
Childress in May
Highs average 84°29° and lows 59°15°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 111°44° (2000)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 33
- Cooling degree days
- 231
Childress in June
Highs average 92°33° and lows 68°20°, with 3.8 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 117°47° (1994)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 446
Childress in July
Highs average 96°36° and lows 72°22°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 53°12° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 580
Childress in August
Highs average 95°35° and lows 70°21°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1943)
- Record low
- 52°11° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 533
Childress in September
Highs average 87°30° and lows 62°17°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1951)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 294
Childress in OctoberThis month
Highs average 76°25° and lows 50°10°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1979)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 138
- Cooling degree days
- 81
Childress in November
Highs average 65°18° and lows 39°4°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2023)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 411
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Childress in December
Highs average 55°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1954)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 688
- Cooling degree days
- 0