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Climate - Lubbock (Texas)


Average weather, temperature, rainfall, sunshine hours

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Lubbock, where it's located




The climate of Lubbock is slightly continental, with fairly cold but dry and sunny winters, and very hot and sunny summers, but with some thunderstorms.
The city is located in Northwest Texas, at nearly 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) above sea level.
In winter, the days are quite mild, but at night, the temperature drops a lot. In addition, every now and then, there may be cold spells and snowfalls. On average, 20 cm (8 in) of snow fall per year. On the coldest days of the year, the temperature drops to -12/-14 °C (7/10 °F), but sometimes even to lower values. In 1962, it dropped to -20 °C (-4 °F); in 1982, it dropped to -18 °C (-0.5 °F); and in 2011, to -17 °C (1.5 °F).
On the hottest days of the year, the temperature reaches 40/42 °C (104/108 °F), or even higher. In June 1994, it reached 45.6 °C (114 °F).
From April to June (and more rarely in autumn), tornadoes can also develop (we are actually in the so-called "Tornado Alley").
The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of 4.6 °C (40 °F), that of the warmest month (July) is of 26.8 °C (80 °F). Here are the average temperatures.
Lubbock - Average temperatures
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Min (°C)-3-138131820191592-3
Max (°C)121519242933343329241812
Min (°F)273037465564686659483627
Max (°F)545966758491939184756454

Precipitation amounts to 485 millimeters (19.1 inches) per year: so it is not abundant. Winter is the driest season. The rains occur mainly in the form of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, sometimes accompanied by hail, in late spring and summer. Here is the average precipitation.
Lubbock - Average precipitation
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Prec.(mm)152030356075505065502020485
Prec.(in)0.60.81.21.42.43222.620.80.819.1
Days44557867664466

On average, there are around 3,195 sunshine hours per year. Therefore, the sun shines very often. Here are the average sunshine hours per day.
Lubbock - Sunshine
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Hours77910101111109877

Lubbock

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In Lubbock, there is no month in which it cannot be either hot or cold (or both), however, spring and autumn can be chosen, even if they are unstable seasons, and in particular, the months of April and October.



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