Climate averages 1991–2020
Amarillo weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Amarillo: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about -1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubbock (183 km away). In January its highs average 12.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Amarillo, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Amarillo ranks 241st of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 18th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Amarillo is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 17 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
Amarillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 42 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 53 | 8.6 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 59 | 8.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 40 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 48 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 27 | 3.6 | 9.810 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
- Lubbock in JanuaryUnited States · 183 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Lawton in JanuaryUnited States · 321 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in JanuaryUnited States · 338 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Midland in JanuaryUnited States · 359 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Abilene in JanuaryUnited States · 364 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 376 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Odessa in JanuaryUnited States · 379 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in JanuaryUnited States · 392 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 37 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 Amarillo) is explained once on the Amarillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.