Midland-Odessa, TX: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 43.7°F in Midland-Odessa, TX, the coldest January since 2025, tied 47th coldest of 96 (with 2021 and 2018).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 43.7°F; Coldest since 2025; 47th coldest of 96
Precipitation: 0.69 in; Wettest since 2017; 26th wettest of 96

A normal January in Midland-Odessa, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44.6°F, between 41.5°F and 48°F in eight years of ten and 0.51 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 1.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Midland-Odessa, TX since 1931: 43.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 35.2°F, in 1949.

Normal range, 41.5 to 48°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Midland-Odessa, TX from 1931 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	43.7	48	56.8	52	30.7	41	0.69	26	0
2025	39.2	87	50.9	87	27.5	76	0.11	71	0
2024	41.8	70	54	75	29.6	55	0.20	63	0
2023	47.1	16	60	26	34.2	9	0.21	60	0
2022	42.7	61	58.4	40	27.1	80	0.04	81	0
2021	43.7	48	56.3	60	31.2	38	0.36	49	0
2020	48.9	5	62.6	10	35.1	7	0.67	29	0
2019	46.5	20	59.3	31	33.7	12	0.10	72	0
2018	43.7	48	59.7	28	27.7	74	0.01	87	0
2017	47.8	10	60.5	23	35	8	1.12	16	0
2016	45.8	27	59.3	31	32.3	26	0.18	64	0
2015	41.7	74	52.3	84	31.1	39	2.43	4	0
2014	44.6	39	59.8	27	29.4	59	0.00	95	0
2013	44.6	39	56.4	58	32.8	22	1.45	9	0
2012	47.5	11	61.9	14	33.1	19	1.00	19	0
2011	42.5	64	59.6	29	25.4	89	0.02	85	0
2010	42	67	56.3	60	27.6	75	1.64	7	0
2009	44.9	35	62	12	27.8	73	0.04	81	0
2008	42.8	60	57.5	50	28	71	0.03	83	0
2007	38.7	90	48.6	94	28.7	62	1.18	13	0
2006	49.3	4	65.7	2	32.9	21	0.16	67	0
2005	48	8	59.5	30	36.4	3	0.41	43	0
2004	46.8	19	58.2	42	35.4	5	0.63	30	0
2003	44.3	42	58	46	30.5	44	0.27	52	0
2002	45.9	25	59.2	34	32.6	24	0.08	76	0
2001	41.5	78	52.3	84	30.6	42	0.69	26	0
2000	47.3	15	61.5	17	33.2	17	0.61	33	0
1999	48	8	63.6	7	32.3	26	0.33	50	0
1998	48.1	6	63.6	7	32.5	25	0.24	56	0
1997	41.4	79	54.1	74	28.6	64	0.21	60	0
1996	44.6	39	60.9	21	28.3	70	0.08	76	0
1995	45.8	27	58.2	42	33.5	13	0.72	25	0
1994	44.1	44	57.7	47	30.5	44	1.02	18	0
1993	43.3	54	55	67	31.7	34	1.28	11	0
1992	41.2	80	53.3	80	29.2	61	1.20	12	0
1991	41.7	74	53	81	30.4	49	1.80	6	0
1990	46.4	21	63	9	29.8	54	0.21	60	0
1989	45.8	27	61.2	18	30.5	44	0.25	54	0
1988	39.3	86	53.8	78	24.8	94	0.01	87	0
1987	42.5	64	56.5	55	28.6	64	0.10	72	0
1986	46.2	23	62.2	11	30.3	50	0.23	57	0
1985	37.5	93	49.8	90	25.2	92	0.84	21	0
1984	40	84	50.8	88	29.3	60	0.41	43	0
1983	41.8	70	54.9	68	28.7	62	1.14	15	0
1982	43.6	51	58.6	37	28.6	64	0.42	42	0
1981	43.2	55	54.3	71	32	31	0.56	34	0
1980	44.8	36	57.7	47	32	31	0.49	38	0
1979	35.9	95	46.6	95	25.1	93	0.16	67	0
1978	38.1	91	49.7	91	26.6	83	0.22	59	0
1977	40.4	81	53.5	79	27.4	77	0.63	30	0
1976	43.9	47	59.2	34	28.5	68	0.03	83	0
1975	45.9	25	58.3	41	33.5	13	0.81	23	0
1974	45.1	34	59.3	31	31	40	0.54	35	0
1973	38.8	89	49.3	92	28.4	69	0.93	20	0
1972	44.1	44	60.4	24	27.9	72	0.37	48	0
1971	47.4	14	64.2	5	30.6	42	trace	92	0
1970	42	67	56.5	55	27.4	77	0.01	87	0
1969	47.5	11	61.9	14	33.2	17	0.02	85	0
1968	44.3	42	55.1	66	33.4	15	1.07	17	0
1967	43.6	51	61	19	26.2	85	0.00	95	0
1966	38	92	50.7	89	25.3	90	0.48	39	0
1965	47.5	11	61.7	16	33.4	15	0.06	79	0
1964	43.6	51	58.6	37	28.6	64	0.40	45	0
1963	39.7	85	55.4	65	24.1	96	0.01	87	0
1962	39.1	88	52.9	83	25.3	90	0.17	65	0
1961	40.2	82	53	81	27.4	77	1.33	10	0
1960	43.2	55	54.8	69	31.7	34	1.17	14	0
1959	42.6	63	58.2	42	27.1	80	0.06	79	0
1958	41.9	69	54	75	29.9	53	1.97	5	0
1957	44.8	36	57.4	51	32.3	26	0.39	46	0
1956	45.2	31	60.3	25	30.1	52	0.16	67	0
1955	42.9	58	54.5	70	31.3	36	0.68	28	0
1954	47	17	60.9	21	33.1	19	0.26	53	0
1953	51.9	1	67	1	36.8	2	trace	92	0
1952	51.2	2	65.5	3	37	1	0.08	76	0
1951	42.7	61	58.7	36	26.6	83	0.01	87	0
1950	50.1	3	64.8	4	35.4	5	0.53	36	0
1949	35.2	96	45	96	25.5	88	3.66	2	0
1948	41.7	74	56.8	52	26.1	86	0.25	54	2
1947	42.3	66	54.2	73	30.5	44	0.51	37	0
1946	41.7	74	52.2	86	31.3	36	3.18	3	0
1945	46.4	21	58.6	37	34.2	9	0.84	21	0
1944	42.9	58	55.6	64	30.2	51	0.63	30	0
1943	44.1	44	57.7	47	30.5	44	0.12	70	0
1942	41.8	70	54	75	29.6	55	0.17	65	0
1941	46	24	56	63	36.1	4	0.47	40	0
1940	36.6	94	49.1	93	24.2	95	0.31	51	0
1939	45.2	31	58.2	42	32.2	29	4.99	1	0
1938	45.2	31	56.2	62	34.1	11	1.63	8	0
1937	40.2	82	54.3	71	26.1	86	0.23	57	0
1936	41.8	70	56.5	55	27.1	80	0.10	72	0
1935	48.1	6	64.1	6	32.1	30	0.09	75	0
1934	45.3	30	61	19	29.5	57	0.46	41	0
1933	47	17	62	12	32	31	trace	92	0
1932	43	57	56.4	58	29.5	57	0.38	47	0
1931	44.7	38	56.6	54	32.8	22	0.76	24	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	51.9
1952	51.2
1950	50.1
2006	49.3
2020	48.9
1998	48.1
1935	48.1
2005	48
1999	48
2017	47.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	35.2
1979	35.9
1940	36.6
1985	37.5
1966	38
1978	38.1
2007	38.7
1973	38.8
1962	39.1
2025	39.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	4.99
1949	3.66
1946	3.18
2015	2.43
1958	1.97
1991	1.80
2010	1.64
1938	1.63
2013	1.45
1961	1.33

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	0.00
1967	0.00
1971	trace
1953	trace
1933	trace
2018	0.01
1988	0.01
1970	0.01
1963	0.01
1951	0.01

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 78°F; 5 January 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.32 in; 23 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.69 in of precipitation in Midland-Odessa, TX, the wettest January since 2017, tied 26th wettest of 96 (with 2001).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Midland-Odessa, TX: 78°F on Monday 5 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Midland-Odessa, TX: a low of 3°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Midland-Odessa, TX: 0.32 in on Friday 23 January 2026.