Dumas weather in January

In January, Dumas sees average daytime highs of 50°F and overnight lows near 26°F, with 0.7 in of precipitation across 2.8 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dumas's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dumas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
50°
12th warmest
Overnight low
26°
1st coldest
Precipitation
0.7 in
2.8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 48 min
8:03 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
39%
4th clearest
Wind
10 mph
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Dumas is city in Texas, USA.

Density
1,045/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 Dumas reaches about 50°F in the afternoon and slips back to 26°F overnight — a 24°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°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)
14826
24826
34826
44826
54826
64926
74926
84926
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104926
114926
124926
135026
145026
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165026
175026
185026
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205126
215126
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275126
285126
295126
305126
315126

How January really feels in Dumas

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.

Dumas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan50° / 26°0.72.81.69.82.7
Feb54° / 29°0.63.11.610.64.0
Mar63° / 36°1.451.411.76.4
Apr71° / 44°1.65.40.412.97.5
May79° / 54°2.27013.97.2
Jun89° / 63°2.08.3014.44.7
Jul91° / 67°2.08014.23.8
Aug89° / 66°2.59.2013.44.4
Sep83° / 59°1.35.7012.26.9
Oct72° / 47°1.64.90.411.18.0
Nov60° / 35°0.83.41.210.15.7
Dec50° / 27°1.03.72.49.62.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26733
36733
46733
56733
66733
76931
86931
96931
106931
116931
127030
137030
147030
157129
167129
177129
187129
197228
207129
217129
227129
237129
247030
256931
266931
276931
286832
296832
306733
316733

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Dumas gets around 0.7 in of rain and snow over 2.8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1117
2117
3106
4106
595
695
795
894
994
1094
1194
1294
1384
1484
1584
1683
1784
1884
1994
2094
2194
2295
2395
24106
25106
26106
27107
28107
29117
30118
31118

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 10 mph in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 mph on the calmest days to 10 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
110light breeze
210light breeze
310light breeze
410light breeze
510light breeze
610light breeze
710light breeze
810light breeze
910light breeze
1010light breeze
1110light breeze
1210light breeze
1310light breeze
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2910light breeze
3010light breeze
3110light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 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 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:03 AM to 7:56 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 6:07 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.68:035:39
29.68:035:40
39.68:035:41
49.68:035:41
59.68:035:42
69.78:045:43
79.78:045:44
89.78:045:45
99.78:045:45
109.78:045:46
119.78:035:47
129.78:035:48
139.88:035:49
149.88:035:50
159.88:035:51
169.88:035:52
179.88:025:53
189.98:025:54
199.98:025:55
209.98:025:56
219.98:015:56
229.98:015:57
2310.08:005:58
2410.08:005:59
2510.07:596:00
2610.07:596:01
2710.17:586:02
2810.17:586:03
2910.17:576:05
3010.17:576:06
3110.27:566:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.23 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.0Moderate
23.0Moderate
33.0Moderate
43.0Moderate
53.0Moderate
63.0Moderate
73.0Moderate
83.1Moderate
93.1Moderate
103.1Moderate
113.1Moderate
123.1Moderate
133.2Moderate
143.2Moderate
153.2Moderate
163.2Moderate
173.3Moderate
183.3Moderate
193.3Moderate
203.3Moderate
213.4Moderate
223.4Moderate
233.4Moderate
243.4Moderate
253.5Moderate
263.5Moderate
273.5Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Dumas?

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 Dumas.

What to pack for Dumas in January

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

In January, Dumas sees daytime highs around 50°F and nights near 26°F. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Dumas 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 Dumas peaks around July 11 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 11UV 11Dec 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dumas?

Dumas sits at 35.9°N, 102.0°W, 3,661 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Amarillo, 45 mi away.

Topography around Dumas

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Dumas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 ft around an average of 3,658 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 623 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,713 ft.

The land around Dumas is covered by grassland (44%), artificial surfaces (28%) and cropland (24%) within 2 miles, grassland (55%) and cropland (43%) within 10 miles, and grassland (68%) and cropland (31%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
138 ft
10 miles
623 ft
50 miles
1,713 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Amarillo 45 mi · Pampa 62 mi · Hereford 76 mi · Liberal 100 mi · Plainview 117 mi · Clovis 122 mi · Garden City 158 mi · Lubbock 158 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 Dumas (35.8656°, -101.9732°, elevation 3,661 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).