Climate averages 1991–2020
Abilene weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Abilene: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Angelo (128 km away). In January its highs average 15.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Abilene, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Abilene ranks joint 160th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 60th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Abilene is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- San Angelo in JanuaryUnited States · 128 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in JanuaryUnited States · 200 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Midland in JanuaryUnited States · 226 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Fort Worth in JanuaryUnited States · 228 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Lubbock in JanuaryUnited States · 234 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Killeen in JanuaryUnited States · 241 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Arlington (Texas), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 248 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Flower Mound in JanuaryUnited States · 254 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 68 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.