Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Worth weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Fort Worth: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlington (Texas), United States (20 km away). In January its highs average 13.2°C, about as warm as Fort Worth, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Worth ranks joint 197th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 184th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Fort Worth is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 68 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
Fort Worth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 63 | 6.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 68 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 90 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 94 | 8.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 123 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 85 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 41 | 5.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 53 | 5.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 63 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 93 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 79 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 78 | 6.5 | 10.010 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
- Arlington (Texas), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Grand Prairie in JanuaryUnited States · 30 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Irving in JanuaryUnited States · 36 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Flower Mound in JanuaryUnited States · 38 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Lewisville in JanuaryUnited States · 47 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Carrollton in JanuaryUnited States · 48 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Dallas in JanuaryUnited States · 49 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Denton in JanuaryUnited States · 57 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 62 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 Fort Worth) is explained once on the Fort Worth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.