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Fort Worth in January

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Fort Worth is mild: highs near 60°F, lows near 39°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Fort Worth is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
60°F16°Caverage
Low
39°F4°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 21% of days
Daylight
10h 15mon average

Is January a good time to visit Fort Worth?

January sits outside Fort Worth's best months, which run in two parts: April, or November. Expect mild days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 60°F in January, against 60°F to 99°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in January, against 16°C to 37°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

21% of days in January, against 18% to 35% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in January, against 28% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

10h 15m in January, against 10h 02m to 14h 16m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December63°17°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January60°16°low 39°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February64°18°low 41°low 5°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Fort Worth sits, in January

America/Chicago
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:32 AMsets 5:44 PM
Above the sea
190 mlow-lying
Latitude
32.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Houston382 km south-east

The land around Fort Worth, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Fort Worth

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Fort Worth. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.