Climate averages 1991–2020
Wichita Falls 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 Wichita Falls: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 1.7°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 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lawton (78 km away). In January its highs average 10.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Wichita Falls, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wichita Falls ranks joint 218th 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; Wichita Falls is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 46 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
Wichita Falls climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 37 | 4.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 46 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 73 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 85 | 6.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 107 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 82 | 7.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 35.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 38 | 5.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 35.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 42 | 5.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 65 | 6.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 83 | 6.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 51 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.9°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 48 | 4.8 | 9.910 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
- Lawton in JanuaryUnited States · 78 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Denton in JanuaryUnited States · 148 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Flower Mound in JanuaryUnited States · 164 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Lewisville in JanuaryUnited States · 169 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Fort Worth in JanuaryUnited States · 171 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Norman in JanuaryUnited States · 175 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Frisco in JanuaryUnited States · 176 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Carrollton in JanuaryUnited States · 183 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.5°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 Wichita Falls) is explained once on the Wichita Falls year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.