Chickasha weather in January

In January, Chickasha sees average daytime highs of 50°F and overnight lows near 31°F, with 1.3 in of precipitation across 4.3 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 50°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Chickasha's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chickasha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
50°
12th warmest
Overnight low
31°
1st coldest
Precipitation
1.3 in
4.3 wet days
Daylight
9 h 54 min
7:45 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover
46%
7th clearest
Wind
8 mph
8th windiest
Solar energy
2.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Chickasha is city and county seat of Grady County, Oklahoma, United States.

Density
288/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 50°F through the month.

A typical January day in Chickasha reaches about 50°F in the afternoon and slips back to 31°F overnight — a 19°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°F and 65°F. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 5°F cooler than February.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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How January really feels in Chickasha

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Chickasha weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan50° / 31°1.34.30.99.92.7
Feb55° / 34°1.75.41.210.74.0
Mar64° / 42°2.87.10.511.76.2
Apr72° / 51°3.88012.97.2
May80° / 60°4.210.1013.86.5
Jun89° / 69°3.48.5014.34.5
Jul94° / 73°1.85.7014.13.3
Aug93° / 72°1.85.9013.33.6
Sep85° / 64°2.96.8012.26.1
Oct73° / 52°3.06.6011.17.7
Nov61° / 41°1.95.40.310.25.8
Dec51° / 33°1.84.61.19.73.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26139
36139
46139
56139
66139
76139
86139
96139
106139
116139
126139
136139
146139
156139
166139
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295941
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315842

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Chickasha gets around 1.3 in of rain and snow over 4.3 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 14% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1144
2144
3143
4143
5143
6143
7143
8143
9143
10143
11143
12143
13143
14133
15133
16133
17133
18133
19133
20133
21143
22143
23143
24144
25154
26154
27154
28154
29165
30165
31175

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
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9991
101000
111000
121000
131000
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151000
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 mph in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 mph on the calmest days to 8 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
18light breeze
28light breeze
38light breeze
48light breeze
58light breeze
68light breeze
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308light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:45 AM to 7:38 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.77:455:25
29.77:455:26
39.77:455:27
49.77:455:27
59.77:455:28
69.77:455:29
79.77:455:30
89.87:455:31
99.87:455:31
109.87:455:32
119.87:455:33
129.87:455:34
139.87:455:35
149.87:455:36
159.97:455:37
169.97:455:38
179.97:445:38
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2010.07:435:41
2110.07:435:42
2210.07:435:43
2310.07:425:44
2410.17:425:45
2510.17:415:46
2610.17:415:47
2710.17:405:48
2810.27:405:49
2910.27:395:50
3010.27:395:51
3110.27:385:52

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.57 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.6Moderate
22.7Moderate
32.7Moderate
42.7Moderate
52.7Moderate
62.7Moderate
72.7Moderate
82.8Moderate
92.8Moderate
102.8Moderate
112.8Moderate
122.8Moderate
132.9Moderate
142.9Moderate
152.9Moderate
162.9Moderate
173.0Moderate
183.0Moderate
193.0Moderate
203.0Moderate
213.1Moderate
223.1Moderate
233.1Moderate
243.1Moderate
253.2Moderate
263.2Moderate
273.2Moderate
283.3Moderate
293.3Moderate
303.3Moderate
313.3Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Chickasha?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chickasha.

What to pack for Chickasha in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Chickasha sees daytime highs around 50°F and nights near 31°F. Pack a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Chickasha in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chickasha peaks around June 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 10Dec 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr9Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Chickasha?

Chickasha sits at 35.1°N, 97.9°W, 1,093 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Mustang, 26 mi away.

Topography around Chickasha

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Chickasha.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Chickasha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 ft around an average of 1,102 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,601 ft.

The land around Chickasha is covered by grassland (32%) and cropland (30%) within 2 miles, grassland (59%) and cropland (25%) within 10 miles, and grassland (57%) and trees (20%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
135 ft
10 miles
394 ft
50 miles
1,601 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Mustang 26 mi · Norman 30 mi · Moore 32 mi · Yukon 33 mi · El Reno 33 mi · Bethany 37 mi · Oklahoma City 37 mi · Duncan 38 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chickasha (35.0526°, -97.9364°, elevation 1,093 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).