Childress, TX: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 40.9°F in Childress, TX, the coldest January since 2025, tied 47th coldest of 100 (with 1956).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 40.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 47th coldest of 100
Precipitation: 0.28 in; Driest since 2025; 50th driest of 118

A normal January in Childress, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.1°F, between 38.4°F and 44.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.74 in of precipitation, between 0.02 in and 1.70 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Childress, TX since 1894: 40.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 24°F, in 1930.

Normal range, 38.4 to 44.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Childress, TX from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	40.9	53	55.5	37	26.3	67	0.28	69	0
2025	37.4	79	49.9	77	24.9	80	0.09	88	0
2024	37.3	80	48.5	84	26.1	70	0.84	32	0
2023	45.3	10	58	17	32.6	3	0.57	46	0
2022	39.9	64	55.6	34	24.2	84	0.29	68	0
2021	42	38	52.7	65	31.3	13	0.54	47	0
2020	45.8	6	59.1	12	32.6	3	1.28	19	0
2019	42.7	27	55.9	31	29.5	34	0.16	81	0
2018	40.7	55	57	22	24.4	82	0.01	101	0
2017	44.2	15	56.7	25	31.6	10	1.72	8	0
2016	42.1	37	54.1	47	30.2	24	0.51	48	0
2015	41.9	42	52.7	65	31.1	15	1.08	27	0
2014	41.2	49	55.7	32	26.6	60	trace	103	0
2013	41.8	43	54.1	47	29.5	34	1.49	14	0
2012	46.3	5	61.7	3	30.9	19	0.03	93	0
2011	39.1	69	53.2	60	25	79	0.09	88	0
2010	38.5	72	51.1	72	25.9	72	1.41	15	0
2009	42.2	33	57.8	18	26.6	60	0.03	93	0
2008	42	38	56.8	24	27.1	57	0.02	97	0
2007	37.1	82	47	91	27.2	56	1.11	25	0
2006	50.2	1	65.9	1	34.4	1	0.02	97	0
2005	42.7	27	53.9	53	31.5	11	1.70	10	0
2004	43	24	55.2	40	30.7	20	1.95	5	0
2003	40.4	57	54.4	43	26.5	65	0.00	111	0
2002	44.1	17	57.7	20	30.5	23	1.26	20	0
2001	39.1	69	48.2	86	30.1	25	0.97	29	0
2000	43.5	21	57.1	21	29.9	32	0.07	91	0
1999	43.1	22	56.2	28	30	29	1.72	8	0
1998	43.6	20	55.6	34	31.5	11	1.09	26	0
1997	40.1	61	51.7	70	28.6	48	0.36	62	0
1996	39.2	67	54	51	24.4	82	0.02	97	0
1995	43.9	19	55.5	37	32.2	7	0.48	50	0
1994	40.2	59	53.4	59	27.1	57	0.35	63	0
1993	36.3	86	46.4	93	26.6	60	1.70	10	1
1992	42.3	31	53.5	57	31	16	1.03	28	0
1991	36.8	83	47.9	88	25.7	74	1.63	13	0
1990	45.8	6	60.6	8	31	16	0.77	36	0
1989	45.5	8	60.8	7	30.1	25	0.78	34	0
1988	34.7	91	46.6	92	22.7	94	0.60	43	0
1987	37.2	81	50.1	74	24.2	84	0.80	33	0
1986	44.6	13	60.9	6	28.4	49	0.00	111	0
1985	35.3	89	47.5	89	23	93	0.67	41	0
1984	36.5	85	49.6	79	23.3	91	0.06	92	0
1983	38.4	73	49.5	80	27.3	54	0.92	30	0
1982	37.6	78	53.6	56	21.7	96	0.15	83	0
1981	42.3	31	55.2	40	29.4	37	0.13	85	0
1980	39.6	65	50.1	74	29.2	38	0.74	37	0
1979	29.1	99	37.9	103	20.4	101	0.44	55	0
1978	31.4	97	41.8	101	21	99	0.43	56	0
1977	32.2	96	45	97	19.5	102	0.24	71	0
1976	41.1	51	56.1	30	26.2	69	trace	103	0
1975	41.4	46	53.7	55	29.1	40	1.36	16	0
1974	38.3	74	52.9	63	23.7	89	0.11	87	0
1973	35.1	90	45.1	96	25.1	78	1.31	17	0
1972	38	76	52.1	67	24	87	0.15	83	0
1971	40	62	54.3	44	25.8	73	0.01	101	0
1970	36.2	87	48.4	85	24	87	0.02	97	0
1969	42.2	33	54.9	42	29.5	34	0.12	86	0
1968	40	62	51	73	29	42	3.26	2	0
1967	44.3	14	60.5	9	28	51	0.00	111	0
1966	32.9	94	44.5	98	21.4	97	0.68	40	0
1965	44.2	15	59	13	30	29	0.16	81	1
1964	42	38	56.2	28	27.8	52	0.47	52	0
1963	32.7	95	48	87	16.8	104	0.19	77	1
1962	36.1	88	50.1	74	22	95	0.23	72	0
1961	38.7	71	52.8	64	24.7	81	0.17	78	0
1960	38.1	75	48.8	83	27.4	53	0.90	31	0
1959									8
1958	42	38	54.1	47	29.9	32	1.29	18	0
1957	38	76	49.5	80	26.6	60	0.35	63	0
1956	40.9	53	53	62	28.7	46	0.17	78	0
1955	41.4	46	52.1	67	30.7	20	1.22	24	0
1954	42.8	26	56.5	26	29	42	0.09	88	0
1953	48	2	63.6	2	32.4	5	0.25	70	0
1952	45.4	9	58.4	16	32.4	5	1.25	21	0
1951	40.4	57	54.1	47	26.7	59	0.37	61	0
1950	41.3	48	56.5	26	26.1	70	0.39	60	0
1949	30.5	98	40.6	102	20.5	100	3.53	1	0
1948	34.5	92	45.9	95	23.1	92	0.22	73	0
1946	39.3	66	52	69	26.6	60	1.68	12	0
1945	41.7	44	53.5	57	30	29	1.80	6	0
1944	41.5	45	54	51	29	42	1.80	6	0
1943			57.8	18	25.5	75	1.25	21	5
1942	41.2	49	53.9	53	28.1	50	trace	103	1
1941	40.5	56	49.4	82	31.7	9	0.78	34	0
1940			43.9	100	18.6	103	0.45	53	5
1939	44	18	59.3	10	28.7	46	2.30	4	0
1938	45	12	58.9	14	31	16	0.69	39	2
1937			46.2	94	21.3	98	0.35	63	4
1936			51.3	71	25.4	76	0.03	93	4
1935	46.4	4	61.7	3	30.1	25	0.00	111	3
1934	42.2	33	55.5	37	28.8	45	0.58	45	0
1933	47.1	3	61.2	5	33	2	0.17	78	0
1932	40.2	59	49.9	77	30.6	22	1.25	21	2
1931	42.4	29	53.1	61	31.8	8	0.50	49	0
1930	24	100	33.8	104	14.1	105	0.00	111	0
1929	36.8	83	47.4	90	26.3	67	0.48	50	0
1928							0.30	66	31
1927							0.45	53	31
1925							0.20	75	31
1924							0.00	111	31
1919							0.20	75	31
1918							0.43	56	31
1917							0.40	59	31
1915							0.22	73	31
1914							0.00	111	31
1913							0.03	93	31
1912							0.00	111	31
1911							trace	103	31
1910							trace	103	31
1909	43.1	22	57	22	29.2	38	trace	103	0
1908							0.70	38	8
1907	45.3	10	59.3	10	31.3	13	2.55	3	0
1906	43	24	58.8	15	27.3	54	0.62	42	0
1905	33.8	93	44.3	99	23.4	90	0.43	56	0
1904	39.2	67	54.2	46	24.2	84	trace	103	0
1903	42.2	33	54.3	44	30.1	25	0.60	43	0
1898	42.4	29	55.7	32	29.1	40	0.30	66	0
1897					25.4	76	trace	103	31
1894	41.1	51	55.6	34	26.4	66			1
1893									8

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	50.2
1953	48
1933	47.1
1935	46.4
2012	46.3
2020	45.8
1990	45.8
1989	45.5
1952	45.4
2023	45.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1930	24
1979	29.1
1949	30.5
1978	31.4
1977	32.2
1963	32.7
1966	32.9
1905	33.8
1948	34.5
1988	34.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	3.53
1968	3.26
1907	2.55
1939	2.30
2004	1.95
1945	1.80
1944	1.80
2017	1.72
1999	1.72
2005	1.70
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	0.00
1986	0.00
1967	0.00
1935	0.00
1930	0.00
1924	0.00
1914	0.00
1912	0.00
2014	trace
1976	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 5 January 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.12 in; 24 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 0.28 in of precipitation in Childress, TX, the driest January since 2025, 50th driest of 118.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Childress, TX: 81°F on Monday 5 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Childress, TX: a low of 3°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Childress, TX: 0.12 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.