Climate averages 1991–2020
Longview weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Longview: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tyler (55 km away). In January its highs average 13.0°C, about as warm as Longview, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Longview ranks joint 202nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 380th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Longview is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 104 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
Longview climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 104 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 111 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 111 | 9.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 114 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 89 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 63 | 7.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 84 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 105 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 98 | 8.3 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 104 | 8.9 | 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
- Tyler in JanuaryUnited States · 55 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Shreveport in JanuaryUnited States · 93 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Mesquite in JanuaryUnited States · 177 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Garland in JanuaryUnited States · 183 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 70 mm rain
- McKinney in JanuaryUnited States · 192 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Plano in JanuaryUnited States · 192 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Allen in JanuaryUnited States · 192 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Richardson in JanuaryUnited States · 193 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 70 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 Longview) is explained once on the Longview year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.