Climate averages 1991–2020
Topeka weather
in January.
A cold, 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 cold month in Topeka: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 29 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 9 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lawrence (Kansas), United States (39 km away). In January its highs average 3.6°C, about as warm as Topeka, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Topeka ranks joint 345th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 56th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Topeka is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 6.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 41 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
Topeka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.8°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 29 | 5.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.5°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 41 | 5.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 73 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 108 | 11.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 144 | 12.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 124 | 11.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 31.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 91 | 9.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 30.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 102 | 9.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 87 | 7.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 78 | 7.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 53 | 5.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.6°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 41 | 4.7 | 9.59 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
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 39 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Olathe in JanuaryUnited States · 77 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -5.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Overland Park in JanuaryUnited States · 87 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -5.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Kansas City in JanuaryUnited States · 95 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in JanuaryUnited States · 107 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -6.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Independence in JanuaryUnited States · 109 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -5.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Lee's Summit in JanuaryUnited States · 113 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -5.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Wichita in JanuaryUnited States · 209 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 27 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 Topeka) is explained once on the Topeka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.