Wichita Falls, TX: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 41.2°F in Wichita Falls, TX, the coldest January since 2025, tied 44th coldest of 102 (with 2018).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 41.2°F; Coldest since 2025; 44th coldest of 102
Precipitation: 1.16 in; Wettest since 2024; 57th wettest of 124

A normal January in Wichita Falls, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.4°F, between 39.6°F and 45.6°F in eight years of ten and 1.17 in of precipitation, between 0.07 in and 2.38 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Wichita Falls, TX since 1924: 41.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 30.1°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 39.6 to 45.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Wichita Falls, TX from 1897 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	41.2	58	55.4	42	27	78	1.16	57	0
2025	39.2	79	51.7	71	26.6	83	0.49	82	0
2024	38.7	84	49.7	84	27.7	70	2.74	6	0
2023	47.5	6	60.4	8	34.6	12	1.21	51	0
2022	41.1	60	56.8	25	25.5	90	0.40	87	0
2021	43.6	34	54.5	51	32.7	25	0.74	71	0
2020	47	8	59.2	12	34.7	10	2.89	5	0
2019	42	49	53	62	31.1	44	1.49	39	0
2018	41.2	58	56.4	31	26.1	85	0.01	119	0
2017	45.1	20	58.1	17	32.1	32	1.87	22	0
2016	42.7	43	55.1	45	30.3	54	0.43	84	0
2015	41.7	55	52.2	66	31.3	42	2.17	17	0
2014	41.4	56	55.9	34	26.9	80	trace	121	0
2013	43.8	33	55.9	34	31.7	36	0.64	77	0
2012	46.5	12	59.6	9	33.4	18	2.24	13	0
2011	38.9	83	52.9	63	24.9	91	0.25	97	0
2010	39.6	74	50.6	77	28.6	63	1.76	31	0
2009	41.8	53	56.6	26	27.1	75	0.13	107	0
2008	44.3	25	58.8	13	29.8	55	0.01	119	0
2007	40	73	49.2	88	30.8	48	2.20	15	0
2006	52.4	2	67.1	1	37.8	2	0.63	78	0
2005	44	28	54.8	48	33.3	19	1.48	40	0
2004	45	21	57.8	19	32.3	30	1.37	44	0
2003	40.7	65	53.2	59	28.1	67	0.08	111	0
2002	45.5	18	58.1	17	32.8	24	1.16	57	0
2001	40.4	68	49.4	86	31.5	41	1.55	36	0
2000	44.7	23	57	21	32.5	27	0.73	73	0
1999	44.2	26	56.5	29	31.8	35	2.37	10	0
1998	44.6	24	54.5	51	34.7	10	2.42	9	0
1997	42	49	53.5	56	30.5	52	0.35	90	0
1996	39.6	74	53.5	56	25.6	89	0.89	69	0
1995	43.9	29	55.3	44	32.5	27	0.86	70	0
1994	40.3	71	51.1	74	29.5	57	0.22	99	0
1993	40.9	62	50.2	80	31.6	37	1.19	53	0
1992	43.2	39	53.8	54	32.6	26	1.78	28	0
1991	39.3	77	49.1	89	29.4	58	2.66	8	0
1990	47.9	5	61.1	6	34.6	12	2.30	12	0
1989	46.4	14	59.6	9	33.2	20	1.04	64	0
1988	38.1	87	49.4	86	26.9	80	1.17	55	0
1987	39.2	79	49.8	82	28.6	63	1.78	28	0
1986	45.7	16	61	7	30.4	53	0.00	123	0
1985	34.7	96	46	95	23.5	96	1.08	63	0
1984	37.2	89	49.9	81	24.5	92	0.17	102	0
1983	41.1	60	50.7	76	31.6	37	1.87	22	0
1982	40.8	63	55.6	41	25.9	86	1.66	34	0
1981	43.9	29	55.7	38	32.2	31	0.14	106	0
1980	42.8	41	52.6	64	32.9	23	1.57	35	0
1979	30.7	101	39.2	103	22.2	100	2.04	20	0
1978	30.1	102	40.4	101	19.8	103	0.41	85	0
1977	31.7	99	42.5	100	20.9	102	1.09	61	0
1976	42.5	45	57	21	28	69	trace	121	0
1975	43.9	29	55.8	36	32	33	0.91	68	0
1974	40.5	67	53.7	55	27.2	73	0.29	94	0
1973	37.7	88	47	93	28.4	65	2.74	6	0
1972	39.4	76	52	67	26.7	82	0.17	102	0
1971	40.6	66	55.4	42	25.8	87	0.54	80	0
1970	36.1	92	48.4	92	23.8	95	0.02	118	0
1969	43.9	29	56.6	26	31.2	43	0.57	79	0
1968	42.2	47	52	67	32.5	27	4.48	1	1
1967	45.6	17	61.6	4	29.6	56	0.03	116	0
1966	34.8	95	45.6	96	24	93	1.10	60	0
1965	42.8	41	54.9	47	30.7	49	1.73	33	0
1964	43.6	34	58.3	16	28.8	62	1.35	47	0
1963	35.9	94	49.1	89	22.4	99	0.21	100	1
1962	36.5	90	49.7	84	23.2	97	0.27	95	0
1961	39.2	79	51.4	73	27.1	75	0.34	92	0
1960	40.8	63	50.6	77	31	46	1.25	49	0
1959	38.4	85	50.3	79	26.5	84	0.21	100	0
1958	42.7	43	54.3	53	31.1	44	1.80	27	0
1957	39.2	79	49	91	29.4	58	1.17	55	0
1956	40.4	68	51.8	70	28.9	60	0.39	89	0
1955	43.5	36	53.1	60	33.9	15	1.23	50	0
1954	43.2	39	54.7	50	31.6	37	0.69	75	0
1953	48.4	4	62.3	3	34.5	14	0.16	104	0
1952	49.1	3	61.4	5	36.9	3	0.71	74	0
1951	41.9	52	55.7	38	28.2	66	0.35	90	0
1950	43.5	36	56.5	29	30.6	50	1.09	61	0
1949	33.9	97	43.9	98	23.9	94	3.92	2	0
1948	36	93	46.2	94	25.7	88	0.47	83	0
1947	39.3	77	51.1	74	27.6	71	0.53	81	0
1946	41.3	57	52	67	30.6	50	2.32	11	0
1945	41.8	53	51.6	72	31.9	34	2.00	21	0
1944	44.2	26	54.8	48	33.6	16	1.83	25	0
1943	42.2	47	55.1	45	28.9	60	0.07	113	1
1942	42.3	46	56.1	33	28.1	67	0.13	107	1
1941	46.4	14	56.2	32	36.5	5	1.78	28	0
1940	32.6	98	42.7	99	22.5	98	0.08	111	0
1939	47.2	7	58.5	14	36	7	2.12	18	0
1938	46.9	9	57.5	20	36.3	6	1.86	24	0
1937	36.3	91	45.4	97	27.2	73	0.40	87	0
1936	38.4	85	49.8	82	27	78	0.74	71	0
1935	46.9	9	58.4	15	35.2	8	0.41	85	1
1934			57	21	33	22	0.67	76	4
1933	52.6	1	65.1	2	40.1	1	0.27	95	0
1932	45.4	19	55.7	38	35.2	8	3.44	3	0
1931	46.9	9	57	21	36.9	3	1.37	44	0
1930	30.8	100	40.1	102	21.4	101	1.82	26	0
1929	43.3	38	55.8	36	30.9	47	1.43	41	0
1928	46.5	12	59.5	11	33.5	17	1.04	64	0
1927	44.9	22	56.6	26	33.2	20	2.21	14	0
1926	42	49	52.4	65	31.6	37	2.06	19	0
1925	40.1	72	53.1	60	27.1	75	1.12	59	0
1924	40.4	68	53.4	58	27.5	72	0.09	110	0
1920							2.20	15	31
1919							3.05	4	31
1918							1.00	66	31
1917							0.30	93	31
1916							1.75	32	31
1915							1.20	52	31
1914							0.00	123	31
1913							1.00	66	31
1912							0.07	113	31
1911							0.24	98	31
1908							0.05	115	31
1907							1.18	54	31
1906							1.50	37	31
1905							1.37	44	31
1904							1.50	37	31
1903							1.35	47	31
1902							0.10	109	31
1901							0.16	104	31
1900							0.03	116	31
1898							1.43	41	31
1897							1.39	43	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	52.6
2006	52.4
1952	49.1
1953	48.4
1990	47.9
2023	47.5
1939	47.2
2020	47
1938	46.9
1935	46.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	30.1
1979	30.7
1930	30.8
1977	31.7
1940	32.6
1949	33.9
1985	34.7
1966	34.8
1963	35.9
1948	36

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1968	4.48
1949	3.92
1932	3.44
1919	3.05
2020	2.89
2024	2.74
1973	2.74
1991	2.66
1998	2.42
1999	2.37

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.00
1914	0.00
2014	trace
1976	trace
2018	0.01
2008	0.01
1970	0.02
1967	0.03
1900	0.03
1908	0.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 5 January 2026
Coldest night: 5°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.48 in; 24 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.16 in of precipitation in Wichita Falls, TX, the wettest January since 2024, tied 57th wettest of 124 (with 2002).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Wichita Falls, TX: 81°F on Monday 5 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Wichita Falls, TX: a low of 5°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Wichita Falls, TX: 0.48 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.