Climate averages 1991–2020
Waco weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Waco: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temple (54 km away). In January its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Waco, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Waco ranks 142nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 219th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Waco is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 72 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
Waco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 70 | 6.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 72 | 7.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 88 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 86 | 8.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 119 | 10.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 74 | 8.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 37 | 5.7 | 14.014 h |
| August | 35.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 49 | 5.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 60 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 107 | 7.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 74 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 83 | 7.1 | 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
- Temple in JanuaryUnited States · 54 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Killeen in JanuaryUnited States · 73 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Bryan in JanuaryUnited States · 122 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Round Rock in JanuaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 59 mm rain
- College Station in JanuaryUnited States · 128 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Fort Worth in JanuaryUnited States · 132 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Arlington (Texas), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 132 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Grand Prairie in JanuaryUnited States · 134 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 68 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 Waco) is explained once on the Waco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.