Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubbock weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: one of 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 Lubbock: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 0.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Midland (177 km away). In January its highs average 14.3°C, 1.9°C warmer than Lubbock, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lubbock ranks 222nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 20th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Lubbock is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 24 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
Lubbock climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.4°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 21 | 3.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 24 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 40 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 56 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 33.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 32 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 43 | 6.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 52 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 5.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 3.7 | 10.510 h |
| December | 12.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 23 | 3.4 | 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
- Midland in JanuaryUnited States · 177 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Amarillo in JanuaryUnited States · 183 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Odessa in JanuaryUnited States · 198 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Abilene in JanuaryUnited States · 234 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 31 mm rain
- San Angelo in JanuaryUnited States · 270 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in JanuaryUnited States · 313 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Lawton in JanuaryUnited States · 339 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Fort Worth in JanuaryUnited States · 433 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 63 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 Lubbock) is explained once on the Lubbock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.