Waco, TX: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 47.3°F in Waco, TX, the warmest January since 2023, tied 58th warmest of 125 (with 1972).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 47.3°F; Warmest since 2023; 58th warmest of 125
Precipitation: 1.47 in; Driest since 2023; 54th driest of 125

A normal January in Waco, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47°F, between 44.3°F and 51.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.48 in of precipitation, between 0.54 in and 4.55 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Waco, TX since 1902: 47.3°F in 2026; the highest is 58.5°F, in 1923.

Normal range, 44.3 to 51.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Waco, TX from 1902 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
2026	47.3	58	61.3	29	33.4	94	1.47	72
2025	43.3	106	54.9	99	31.6	109	2.68	38
2024	43.6	105	54.7	102	32.5	104	4.55	9
2023	50	34	63.7	16	36.2	65	1.43	74
2022	46	82	61.2	30	30.9	111	0.33	114
2021	48.8	45	60.1	45	37.5	52	0.92	91
2020	51.4	19	63.4	18	39.3	35	2.20	50
2019	46.8	67	57.5	71	36.1	66	3.82	17
2018	44.1	103	57.7	69	30.5	114	0.31	115
2017	51.5	18	63.5	17	39.5	33	3.11	31
2016	47.2	60	59.3	53	35.2	75	0.29	117
2015	44.4	100	55.5	91	33.4	94	3.48	20
2014	45.3	87	59.7	49	30.9	111	0.30	116
2013	49.2	40	61.5	25	36.9	58	5.05	5
2012	50.5	28	63.9	14	37.1	56	4.24	11
2011	45	95	57.2	73	32.9	99	3.70	18
2010	44	104	55.3	97	32.8	101	5.29	4
2009	49.1	42	64.1	13	34.2	87	0.64	101
2008	45.9	83	57.6	70	34.2	87	0.67	99
2007	43.2	108	51.9	111	34.5	83	3.98	15
2006	55.3	5	70.1	3	40.4	21	2.02	52
2005	51.3	21	60.8	36	41.8	12	3.30	26
2004	50.1	33	60.3	42	40	26	4.06	14
2003	46.6	74	56.8	79	36.3	64	0.57	104
2002	48.8	45	62	24	35.6	72	0.96	90
2001	45.1	94	55	98	35.3	74	2.90	35
2000	51.3	21	62.4	20	40.3	25	2.05	51
1999	51.8	12	64.5	12	39.1	37	2.30	47
1998	51.6	17	61.4	28	41.8	12	6.10	2
1997	45.2	93	55.6	89	34.8	79	2.50	42
1996	44.6	98	58.7	59	30.5	114	0.86	92
1995	49.7	37	60.3	42	39.1	37	1.37	77
1994	46.1	81	56.3	81	35.9	70	1.52	69
1993	46.4	77	56	86	36.8	59	2.45	44
1992	48.5	48	57.1	75	40	26	4.49	10
1991	44.3	101	52.5	110	36.1	66	3.13	30
1990	54	8	66.2	6	41.7	14	2.72	37
1989	51.7	14	62.1	22	41.3	16	2.45	44
1988	44.2	102	55.5	91	32.9	99	0.44	110
1987	45.9	83	57.2	73	34.6	81	1.29	81
1986	50.4	31	63.9	14	37	57	0.07	121
1985	40.4	119	50.5	119	30.3	117	0.76	96
1984	41.8	114	52.9	109	30.7	113	0.82	94
1983	45.5	86	55.9	87	35	77	1.28	82
1982	46.8	67	59.4	51	34.2	87	1.86	56
1981	46.6	74	58.2	64	35	77	0.85	93
1980	46.7	71	55.6	89	37.8	48	2.26	49
1979	36.4	124	43.7	125	29.1	120	1.99	53
1978	37.7	122	46.2	123	29.3	119	1.03	88
1977	38	121	48.7	121	27.3	123	1.83	57
1976	46.8	67	61	34	32.6	103	1.74	60
1975	48.5	48	58.6	60	38.3	45	1.40	75
1974	45.3	87	54.9	99	35.6	72	1.33	79
1973	42.3	110	51	116	33.5	93	3.48	20
1972	47.3	58	57.8	67	36.8	59	2.54	41
1971	51.7	14	64.9	9	38.4	44	0.03	122
1970	41.7	115	51.1	114	32.3	106	0.76	96
1969	51.1	24	61	34	41.1	18	0.45	109
1968	46.7	71	53	108	40.4	21	3.47	22
1967	48.4	52	60.4	40	36.5	62	0.37	112
1966	42.1	112	51.1	114	33.1	98	1.15	84
1965	51.4	19	63.1	19	39.7	30	2.97	32
1964	46.7	71	59.6	50	33.8	91	3.15	29
1963	40.9	118	51.9	111	29.8	118	0.49	107
1962	43	109	55.5	91	30.5	114	0.65	100
1961	43.3	106	53.3	106	33.2	96	5.83	3
1960	46.9	64	55.8	88	38	47	1.79	58
1959	45.3	87	56.2	83	34.4	84	0.29	117
1958	46.8	67	57.8	67	35.8	71	2.49	43
1957	46.6	74	55.5	91	37.7	50	1.53	68
1956	47.4	56	58.8	57	36	68	2.75	36
1955	48.5	48	57.9	66	39.2	36	1.58	64
1954	48.5	48	59.2	54	37.8	48	0.79	95
1953	53.6	9	66.2	6	41.1	18	0.53	106
1952	56.8	3	67.5	4	46	4	0.59	103
1951	47.6	55	60.6	38	34.7	80	1.30	80
1950	51.8	12	61.1	32	42.5	10	1.35	78
1949	41.9	113	51.4	113	32.3	106	3.66	19
1948	41.2	116	51	116	31.4	110	1.56	65
1947	46.9	64	56.3	81	37.5	52	3.36	25
1946	47.2	60	56.2	83	38.1	46	3.38	24
1945	47.8	54	57	78	38.5	42	3.39	23
1944	46.9	64	56.2	83	37.7	50	3.29	27
1943	47.4	56	60.1	45	34.6	81	0.63	102
1942	45	95	57.1	75	32.8	101	0.55	105
1941	50.7	27	60.1	45	41.3	16	1.97	54
1940	35.1	125	46.6	122	23.6	125	1.24	83
1939	49.3	39	61.2	30	37.4	54	4.23	12
1938	49.2	40	58.8	57	39.6	32	3.92	16
1937	42.3	110	50.8	118	33.8	91	2.92	34
1936	44.9	97	57.3	72	32.5	104	0.39	111
1935	49.8	36	59.8	48	39.7	30	1.51	70
1934	52.6	10	61.5	25	43.7	8	4.18	13
1933	55.8	4	64.6	11	46.9	1	2.61	39
1932	50	34	58.5	61	41.4	15	6.56	1
1931	50.5	28	58.5	61	42.4	11	3.19	28
1930	37	123	45.1	124	28.9	121	1.50	71
1929	49.1	42	59.1	56	39.1	37	2.45	44
1928	50.3	32	60.3	42	40.4	21	trace	123
1927	50.5	28	61.1	32	39.9	28	1.10	86
1926	45.6	85	54.3	104	36.8	59	4.78	6
1925	45.3	87	56.5	80	34.1	90	1.46	73
1924	44.6	98	54.9	99	34.3	86	1.93	55
1923	58.5	1	70.2	2	46.8	2	0.37	112
1922	47.2	60	54.5	103	39.8	29	2.97	32
1921	55.2	6	65.2	8	45.2	5	1.60	62
1920	45.3	87	53.2	107	37.3	55	4.72	8
1919	47	63	55.5	91	38.5	42	2.29	48
1918	38.5	120	50.1	120	26.9	124	1.06	87
1917	48.9	44	59.2	54	38.6	41	0.49	107
1916	48.7	47	57.1	75	40.4	21	4.74	7
1915	45.3	87	55.5	91	35.1	76	1.56	65
1914	51.3	21	62.1	22	40.5	20	0.20	120
1913	50.8	26	62.2	21	39.5	33	1.78	59
1912	41.1	117	53.6	105	28.6	122	0.00	125
1911	54.6	7	64.9	9	44.2	7	0.26	119
1910	48.4	52	60.5	39	36.4	63	1.12	85
1909	52.2	11	61.5	25	42.9	9	trace	123
1908	49.6	38	60.4	40	38.7	40	1.02	89
1907	58.3	2	70.3	1	46.4	3	1.54	67
1906	51.1	24	66.3	5	36	68	1.38	76
1905	46.3	79	58.1	65	34.4	84	1.61	61
1904	46.4	77	60.7	37	32.2	108	1.60	62
1903	51.7	14	58.5	61	44.9	6	2.55	40
1902	46.3	79	59.4	51	33.2	96	0.76	96

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1923	58.5
1907	58.3
1952	56.8
1933	55.8
2006	55.3
1921	55.2
1911	54.6
1990	54
1953	53.6
1934	52.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	35.1
1979	36.4
1930	37
1978	37.7
1977	38
1918	38.5
1985	40.4
1963	40.9
1912	41.1
1948	41.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1932	6.56
1998	6.10
1961	5.83
2010	5.29
2013	5.05
1926	4.78
1916	4.74
1920	4.72
2024	4.55
1992	4.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1912	0.00
1928	trace
1909	trace
1971	0.03
1986	0.07
1914	0.20
1911	0.26
2016	0.29
1959	0.29
2014	0.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 2 January 2026
Coldest night: 16°F; 26 January 2026, 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 24 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.47 in of precipitation in Waco, TX, the driest January since 2023, 54th driest of 125.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Waco, TX: 87°F on Friday 2 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Waco, TX: a low of 16°F on Monday 26 January 2026 and Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Waco, TX: 0.75 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.