Longview climate — normals and trends
Longview (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,089 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (28.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Longview averages 25 frost days, 116 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Longview has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 29 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 3 August 2011) and the coldest -19.7 °C (on 12 January 1962).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
LongviewTexas
- coords
- 32.50°, -94.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.5°C
Average daily high
24.2°C
Average daily low
13.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,089mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
116 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.5 cm
Average feels-like high
24.7 °C
Average feels-like low
13.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
116 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
43.0 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest day
-19.7 °C
12 January 1962
Wettest day
174 mm
12 September 2003
Windiest day
48.7 km/h
13 September 2008
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
13 September 2008
Hottest feels-like
46.7 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-25.4 °C
12 January 1962
Snowiest day
14.5 cm
16 January 1964
Sunniest day
13.7 h
31 May 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 98 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 16.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 71 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 23.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 88 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 26.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 241 mm | +117 mm |
| May | 28.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 157 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 137 mm | +56 mm |
| Jul | 34.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 70 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 34.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 93 mm | +37 mm |
| Sep | 32.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 37 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 28.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 56 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 23.3 °C | +4.3 °C | 44 mm | -51 mm |
| Dec | 17.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 35 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Longview?
Longview has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,089 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Longview?
The hottest day measured in Longview between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Longview?
The coldest day measured in Longview between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1962, at -19.7 °C.
Does it snow in Longview?
Yes. Longview gets on average 3.5 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Longview warmed?
Yes: Longview warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Longview?
The wettest day measured in Longview between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 2003, with 174 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Longview?
The windiest day measured in Longview between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2008, with winds reaching 48.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Longview?
The warmest month in Longview is July (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Longview?
Longview receives on average 1,089 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Longview?
Longview gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Longview?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Longview between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1964, with 14.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Longview?
Yes: Longview has on average 116 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Longview?
In Longview, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 3 August 2011, and the lowest was -25.4 °C on 12 January 1962.
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