Climate averages 1991–2020
Odessa weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Odessa: daytime highs average 14.5°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months 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 Midland (32 km away). In January its highs average 14.3°C, about as warm as Odessa, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Odessa ranks joint 144th 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; Odessa is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 21 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
Odessa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 21 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 29 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 29 | 4.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 55 | 7.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 33.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 38 | 7.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 34 | 5.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 37 | 6.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 45 | 6.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 37 | 5.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 24 | 3.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 24 | 3.5 | 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
- Midland in JanuaryUnited States · 32 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 22 mm rain
- San Angelo in JanuaryUnited States · 188 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Lubbock in JanuaryUnited States · 198 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Abilene in JanuaryUnited States · 257 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Ciudad Acuña in JanuaryMexico · 311 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Amarillo in JanuaryUnited States · 379 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in JanuaryMexico · 387 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- El Paso in JanuaryUnited States · 389 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 13 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 Odessa) is explained once on the Odessa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.