Climate averages 1991–2020
Abilene weather
in July.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Abilene: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Angelo (128 km away). In July its highs average 34.7°C, about as warm as Abilene, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Abilene ranks 36th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 174th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Abilene is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abilene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 39 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 50 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 55 | 5.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 75 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 14.214 h |
| July, selected | 34.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 39 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 46 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 58 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 41 | 4.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 35 | 4.3 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- San Angelo in JulyUnited States · 128 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in JulyUnited States · 200 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Midland in JulyUnited States · 226 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Fort Worth in JulyUnited States · 228 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Lubbock in JulyUnited States · 234 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Killeen in JulyUnited States · 241 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Arlington (Texas), United States in JulyUnited States · 248 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Flower Mound in JulyUnited States · 254 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 45 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abilene) is explained once on the Abilene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.