Lea County Weather in January
Average highs run from 56°F on January 1 to 60°F on January 31, and lows from 29°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.54 in over about 3 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 58°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 0.54 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 83°FJan 11, 1953
- Record low
- -7°FJan 11, 1918
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 10 h 03 min to 10 h 37 min
- Cloud cover
- 46%
- Humidity
- 53%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 9.8 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 56°F | 29°F | 75°F 1914 | 8°F 2018 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 2 | 56°F | 29°F | 76°F 1927 | -1°F 1979 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 3 | 56°F | 29°F | 77°F 1997 | 2°F 1947 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 4 | 56°F | 29°F | 72°F 1916 | -3°F 1947 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 5 | 56°F | 29°F | 75°F 1916 | 3°F 1971 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 6 | 56°F | 29°F | 77°F 1956 | 9°F 1970 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 7 | 56°F | 29°F | 79°F 1969 | 12°F 1970 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 8 | 56°F | 29°F | 77°F 1969 | 10°F 2014 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 9 | 56°F | 29°F | 77°F 2017 | 3°F 1920 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 10 | 56°F | 29°F | 73°F 1945 | 3°F 1962 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 11 | 57°F | 29°F | 83°F 1953 | -7°F 1918 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 12 | 57°F | 29°F | 75°F 2000 | -2°F 1918 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 13 | 57°F | 29°F | 78°F 1953 | 2°F 1963 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 14 | 57°F | 30°F | 77°F 1957 | 5°F 1963 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 15 | 57°F | 30°F | 76°F 1938 | 9°F 1972 | 8% | 1% |
| Jan 16 | 57°F | 30°F | 81°F 1974 | 9°F 1982 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 17 | 57°F | 30°F | 82°F 1974 | 0°F 1930 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 18 | 57°F | 30°F | 81°F 1974 | 3°F 1940 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 19 | 58°F | 30°F | 74°F 1986 | 1°F 1963 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 20 | 58°F | 30°F | 78°F 1986 | 5°F 1943 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 21 | 58°F | 30°F | 80°F 1974 | -2°F 1918 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 22 | 58°F | 30°F | 82°F 1939 | -3°F 1918 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 23 | 58°F | 30°F | 80°F 1972 | 6°F 1963 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 24 | 59°F | 30°F | 82°F 1970 | -5°F 1915 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 25 | 59°F | 30°F | 78°F 1953 | 4°F 1926 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 26 | 59°F | 31°F | 80°F 1975 | 10°F 1940 | 9% | 1% |
| Jan 27 | 59°F | 31°F | 80°F 1953 | 8°F 1925 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 28 | 60°F | 31°F | 77°F 1986 | -3°F 1948 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 29 | 60°F | 31°F | 78°F 1967 | -2°F 1948 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 30 | 60°F | 31°F | 80°F 1967 | 6°F 1985 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 31 | 60°F | 31°F | 80°F 1967 | 3°F 1951 | 10% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:56 AM, sunset 4:59 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 5:26 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00294030 (Hobbs 13W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00294026, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.