Climate averages 1991–2020
Midland weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: 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 Midland: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 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 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odessa (32 km away). In January its highs average 14.5°C, about as warm as Midland, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Midland ranks joint 152nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Midland is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 23 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
Midland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 22 | 3.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 33 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 4.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 57 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 33.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 38 | 6.9 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 33 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 39 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 46 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 40 | 4.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 26 | 3.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 3.7 | 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
- Odessa in JanuaryUnited States · 32 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 21 mm rain
- San Angelo in JanuaryUnited States · 166 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Lubbock in JanuaryUnited States · 177 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Abilene in JanuaryUnited States · 226 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Ciudad Acuña in JanuaryMexico · 316 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Amarillo in JanuaryUnited States · 359 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Piedras Negras in JanuaryMexico · 396 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in JanuaryUnited States · 397 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.7°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 Midland) is explained once on the Midland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.