Driest places in the US in January

Ranked by the fewest wet days (0.01 in or more) in January. First: Terlingua, TX (2 days), of 378 cities.

Driest places in the US in January
Rank	City	Wet days	High
1	Terlingua, TX	2 days	68°F
2	Furnace Creek, CA	2 days	67°F
3	Yuma, AZ	3 days	70°F
4	Goodyear, AZ	3 days	65°F
5	Las Vegas, NV	3 days	59°F
6	Palm Springs, CA	3 days	71°F
7	Las Cruces, NM	3 days	59°F
8	El Paso, TX	3 days	59°F
9	Santa Fe, NM	3 days	43°F
10	Peoria, AZ	4 days	65°F
11	Lubbock, TX	4 days	55°F
12	Colorado Springs, CO	4 days	45°F
13	Albuquerque, NM	4 days	48°F
14	Midland, TX	4 days	59°F
15	Greeley, CO	4 days	44°F
16	Glendale, AZ	4 days	65°F
17	Phoenix, AZ	4 days	68°F
18	Pueblo, CO	4 days	48°F
19	Kailua-Kona, HI	4 days	81°F
20	Amarillo, TX	4 days	52°F
21	Fort Collins, CO	4 days	45°F
22	Thornton, CO	4 days	47°F
23	Mesa, AZ	4 days	68°F
24	Page, AZ	4 days	46°F
25	Tucson, AZ	4 days	67°F

Which states lead

Arizona (8 of the top 25), Texas (5 of the top 25), Colorado (5 of the top 25), then 4 more states. The top 25 range from 2 days to 4 days; the median across all 378 cities is 10 days.

The other end: wettest by wet days in January

Ketchikan, AK22 days
Sitka, AK21 days
Cannon Beach, OR21 days
Juneau, AK20 days
Tacoma, WA20 days

Driest places through the year

Month	First place	Wet days
January	Terlingua, TX	2 days
February	Terlingua, TX	2 days
March	Palm Springs, CA	2 days
April	Palm Springs, CA	1 day
May	Palm Springs, CA	0 days
June	Palm Springs, CA	0 days
July	Antioch, CA	0 days
August	Anaheim, CA	0 days
September	Corona, CA	0 days
October	Palm Springs, CA	1 day
November	Palm Springs, CA	1 day
December	Furnace Creek, CA	2 days

378 cities with data for this measure. Folded suburbs share their lead city's values and are not listed separately. Methodology.