Climate averages 1991–2020
Corpus Christi weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Corpus Christi: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edinburg (183 km away). In January its highs average 21.8°C, 2.8°C warmer than Corpus Christi, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Corpus Christi ranks joint 41st of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 111th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Corpus Christi is 9.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 38 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
Corpus Christi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 48 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 20.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 38 | 6.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 23.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 59 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 52 | 7.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 71 | 9.0 | 13.514 h |
| June | 31.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 73 | 9.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.4°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 58 | 7.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 59 | 9.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 113 | 13.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 82 | 9.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 53 | 7.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 19.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 51 | 7.2 | 10.410 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
- Edinburg in JanuaryUnited States · 183 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- McAllen in JanuaryUnited States · 196 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Mission in JanuaryUnited States · 199 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- San Antonio in JanuaryUnited States · 210 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Reynosa in JanuaryMexico · 211 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Nuevo Laredo in JanuaryMexico · 212 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Ciudad Río Bravo in JanuaryMexico · 213 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Heroica Matamoros in JanuaryMexico · 214 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 32 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 Corpus Christi) is explained once on the Corpus Christi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.