Climate averages 1991–2020
Oklahoma City 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 Oklahoma City: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edmond (21 km away). In January its highs average 8.8°C, about as warm as Oklahoma City, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Oklahoma City ranks joint 260th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 76th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Oklahoma City is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 45 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
Oklahoma City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 37 | 4.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 45 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 72 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 98 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 115 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 95 | 9.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 33.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 61 | 6.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 33.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 6.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 73 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 49 | 5.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 46 | 5.1 | 9.810 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
- Edmond in JanuaryUnited States · 21 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Norman in JanuaryUnited States · 28 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Lawton in JanuaryUnited States · 124 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Tulsa in JanuaryUnited States · 157 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in JanuaryUnited States · 169 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in JanuaryUnited States · 194 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Wichita in JanuaryUnited States · 248 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Denton in JanuaryUnited States · 253 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 Oklahoma City) is explained once on the Oklahoma City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.