Childress, TX: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 48.1°F in Childress, TX, the warmest winter on record, in 102 years since 1894 (winter 1895 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; winter 1896 excluded: 91 of 91 days missing; winter 1897 excluded: 87 of 90 days missing; 28 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 48.1°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 102, provisional
Precipitation: 1.18 in; Driest since 2025; 34th driest of 117

A normal winter in Childress, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 43°F, between 40.1°F and 45.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.05 in of precipitation, between 0.48 in and 4.25 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Childress, TX since 1894: 48.1°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 40.1 to 45.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Childress, TX from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	48.1	1	63.7	1	32.5	10	1.18	84	0
2025	42.4	48	55.6	48	29.2	48	0.12	113	0
2024	44.8	20	57.2	27	32.4	11	5.08	11	0
2023	45.3	14	58.3	17	32.3	13	1.31	79	0
2022	45.1	15	60.5	5	29.6	42	0.65	100	0
2021	40.4	77	52.7	79	28.1	72	1.99	57	0
2020	44.9	19	58.1	20	31.8	18	2.34	46	0
2019	42.6	45	54.7	57	30.5	33	0.78	96	0
2018	42.6	45	57	30	28.1	72	0.28	108	0
2017	46.3	4	59.3	11	33.2	4	5.51	8	0
2016	45.9	5	58.9	14	32.9	7	2.10	54	0
2015	43	36	54.4	59	31.7	19	1.48	74	0
2014	40.1	81	53.3	73	26.8	91	1.47	75	0
2013	43.5	33	56.3	38	30.7	31	3.71	28	0
2012	44.2	25	56.4	36	31.9	16	1.83	61	0
2011	42	55	56.2	41	27.8	79	0.49	103	0
2010	38.4	95	49.9	95	26.8	91	3.55	30	0
2009	45	17	60.3	6	29.6	42	0.34	107	2
2008	43	36	57.1	28	28.9	55	1.77	64	0
2007	40.8	74	52.5	81	29.1	50	3.96	23	0
2006	45.8	7	60.6	4	31	25	0.18	111	0
2005	45	17	56.9	31	33.1	5	2.91	39	0
2004	43.6	32	56	44	31.1	24	4.02	22	0
2003	41.3	67	53.7	67	29	52	1.58	68	0
2002	43.9	30	57.4	25	30.4	34	2.40	44	0
2001	38.6	93	48.6	99	28.5	62	3.12	37	0
2000	46.5	3	60.2	7	32.7	8	1.07	86	2
1999	45.7	9	59.3	11	32.1	15	1.99	57	0
1998	42.9	39	53.4	72	32.3	13	7.08	1	0
1997	42.8	43	55.3	51	30.3	37	3.72	27	0
1996	42.9	39	56.9	31	29	52	0.83	94	0
1995	45.7	9	57.9	21	33.5	3	0.79	95	0
1994	41.8	59	55.3	51	28.4	65	1.83	61	0
1993	39.7	86	50.6	93	28.9	55	4.11	20	1
1992	45.4	13	56.3	38	34.4	2	6.43	3	0
1991	41.3	67	54.2	61	28.3	67	2.17	51	0
1990	42.3	51	56.3	38	28.3	67	3.51	31	0
1989	41.8	59	54.8	56	28.9	55	2.99	38	0
1988	38.5	94	52.3	82	24.8	100	0.84	92	5
1987	41.3	67	52.8	78	29.7	40	4.84	15	0
1986	42.1	52	56.4	36	27.8	79	1.54	70	0
1985	39.4	90	51.1	89	27.7	81	5.05	12	0
1984	36.5	99	49.4	96	23.6	102	1.21	83	0
1983	40.6	76	51.5	86	29.7	40	3.80	26	0
1982	39.9	85	53.7	67	26.1	97	0.87	90	0
1981	44	28	57.6	24	30.4	34	1.49	72	0
1980	42	55	54	63	29.8	39	1.66	67	2
1979	35.3	101	46.7	101	23.9	101	1.36	77	0
1978	36.2	100	47.1	100	25.2	99	1.68	66	0
1977	40	83	53.7	67	26.3	95	2.03	56	0
1976	45.7	9	60.7	3	30.7	31	0.93	87	0
1975	40.4	77	52.2	83	28.6	61	4.18	18	0
1974	42.5	47	57.8	22	27.2	85	0.15	112	0
1973	38.1	98	49.2	97	27	87	2.21	49	0
1972	41.9	57	55.2	53	28.5	62	2.29	48	0
1971	43.4	35	57.8	22	28.9	55	0.78	96	0
1970	41.6	62	53.9	65	29.4	46	0.89	88	0
1969	41.3	67	53.8	66	28.8	59	2.08	55	0
1968	39.3	91	50.5	94	28	76	4.92	14	0
1967	42.4	48	57.4	25	27.3	84	0.36	106	0
1966	39.7	86	51.2	87	28.2	70	2.11	53	0
1965	42.9	39	56.9	31	29.1	50	1.56	69	1
1964	39.3	91	51.9	85	26.7	93	3.37	34	0
1963	40.4	77	54.4	59	26.2	96	1.30	80	1
1962	41.4	65	55.2	53	27.5	83	0.88	89	0
1961	40.1	81	52	84	28.1	72	3.95	24	0
1960	40.2	80	51.2	87	29.2	48	6.17	5	0
1959	40.9	72	54	63	27.7	81	0.43	104	8
1958	42.8	43	54.7	57	30.8	29	2.14	52	0
1957	44.7	23	56.2	41	33.1	5	1.94	59	0
1956	42.1	52	55.1	55	29.3	47	0.61	101	2
1955	43.5	33	56	44	31	25	2.80	40	0
1954	45.9	5	60	9	31.7	19	0.24	109	0
1953	45.1	15	59.2	13	30.9	28	1.71	65	0
1952	45.6	12	59.5	10	31.7	19	1.54	70	0
1951	42.4	48	56.9	31	27.9	78	1.12	85	0
1950	44.3	24	58.2	19	30.4	34	2.18	50	0
1949	39.6	88	50.7	92	28.4	65	4.09	21	0
1948									31
1947									61
1946	41.9	57	55.4	50	28.5	62	2.74	41	0
1945	41.4	65	53	77	29.5	45	5.52	7	4
1944	41.6	62	53.5	71	29.6	42	5.15	10	1
1943	44	28	58.7	15	29	52	3.24	35	7
1942	43.7	31	55.6	48	31	25	1.49	72	4
1941	43	36	53.2	74	32.4	11	4.14	19	4
1940	41.1	71	53.7	67	28.1	72	3.47	32	5
1939	41.8	59	56.6	35	26.9	90	2.35	45	2
1938	44.2	25	57.1	28	31.3	22	3.13	36	6
1937	40.9	72	53.2	74	28.3	67	0.87	90	4
1936	38.4	95	50.9	91	25.7	98	0.75	98	4
1935	44.8	20	58.4	16	30.8	29	0.70	99	5
1934	44.8	20	58.3	17	31.2	23	1.22	82	2
1933	40.7	75	54.1	62	27.2	85	6.41	4	6
1932	45.8	7	55.7	47	36	1	5.66	6	4
1931	42.9	39	53.1	76	32.7	8	4.97	13	0
1930	39.5	89	52.6	80	26.4	94	0.20	110	0
1929	38.3	97	48.8	98	27	87	0.84	92	5
1928							1.80	63	91
1927							3.43	33	90
1926							0.00	116	90
1925							0.40	105	90
1924							0.00	116	91
1919							4.80	16	90
1918							1.24	81	90
1917							1.32	78	90
1916							trace	114	91
1915							3.92	25	90
1914							3.60	29	90
1913							1.43	76	90
1912							6.95	2	91
1911							5.24	9	90
1910							0.50	102	90
1909									29
1908							2.30	47	16
1907	46.6	2	61.3	2	31.9	16	2.70	42	1
1906	41.6	62	56.1	43	27	87	2.67	43	0
1905	34.5	102	45.9	102	23.1	103	1.90	60	0
1904	44.1	27	60.2	7	28	76	trace	114	0
1903	40	83	51.1	89	28.8	59	4.73	17	3
1898									31
1897					30.1	38			87
1894	42.1	52	55.8	46	28.2	70			2
1893									39

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	48.1
1907	46.6
2000	46.5
2017	46.3
2016	45.9
1954	45.9
2006	45.8
1932	45.8
1999	45.7
1995	45.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1905	34.5
1979	35.3
1978	36.2
1984	36.5
1973	38.1
1929	38.3
2010	38.4
1936	38.4
1988	38.5
2001	38.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	7.08
1912	6.95
1992	6.43
1933	6.41
1960	6.17
1932	5.66
1945	5.52
2017	5.51
1911	5.24
1944	5.15

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1926	0.00
1924	0.00
1916	trace
1904	trace
2025	0.12
1974	0.15
2006	0.18
1930	0.20
1954	0.24
2018	0.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 27 December 2025, 25 December 2025
Coldest night: 3°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.70 in; 13 February 2026

Every month, season and year

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 1.18 in of precipitation in Childress, TX, the driest winter since 2025, 34th driest of 117.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Childress, TX: 87°F on Saturday 27 December 2025 and Thursday 25 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Childress, TX: a low of 3°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Childress, TX: 0.70 in on Friday 13 February 2026.