Mackay climate

Mackay Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mackay, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 31°C on January 1 to 30°C on January 31, and lows from 22°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 202 mm over about 19 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mackay, in °C, with the record for each date.15202530354045151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
30°C
Average low
22°C
Precipitation
202 mm
Reanalysis high
42°CJan 5, 1994
Reanalysis low
17°CJan 6, 2001
Daylight
13 h 24 min to 13 h 03 min
Cloud cover
57%
Humidity
77%
Dew point
21°C
Wind
10.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 131°C22°C36°C 201819°C 200452%
Jan 231°C22°C35°C 201419°C 200555%
Jan 330°C22°C38°C 201818°C 201256%
Jan 430°C22°C40°C 199419°C 201257%
Jan 530°C22°C42°C 199418°C 200156%
Jan 630°C22°C40°C 199417°C 200156%
Jan 730°C22°C38°C 199418°C 201156%
Jan 830°C22°C38°C 199418°C 200156%
Jan 930°C22°C36°C 199419°C 201157%
Jan 1030°C22°C34°C 201320°C 200157%
Jan 1130°C22°C35°C 199221°C 200156%
Jan 1230°C22°C35°C 200220°C 200156%
Jan 1330°C22°C35°C 201819°C 200555%
Jan 1430°C22°C37°C 201819°C 200055%
Jan 1530°C22°C37°C 199218°C 200055%
Jan 1630°C22°C35°C 199219°C 199654%
Jan 1730°C22°C35°C 199220°C 199152%
Jan 1830°C22°C35°C 199419°C 200151%
Jan 1930°C22°C35°C 202019°C 199351%
Jan 2030°C22°C39°C 199420°C 201853%
Jan 2130°C22°C36°C 200019°C 201653%
Jan 2230°C22°C35°C 200019°C 201653%
Jan 2330°C22°C34°C 201620°C 201653%
Jan 2430°C22°C34°C 201619°C 201153%
Jan 2530°C23°C36°C 201420°C 201154%
Jan 2630°C23°C34°C 199220°C 201155%
Jan 2730°C23°C35°C 200420°C 201157%
Jan 2830°C23°C34°C 200120°C 201158%
Jan 2930°C23°C34°C 199520°C 200360%
Jan 3030°C23°C37°C 199520°C 200362%
Jan 3130°C23°C37°C 199521°C 200362%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mackay, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

January 1
sunrise 5:25 AM, sunset 6:49 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:45 AM, sunset 6:48 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.