Rockhampton climate

Rockhampton Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 32°C on January 1 to 32°C on January 31, and lows from 22°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 124 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Rockhampton, in °C, with the record for each date.1020304050151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
32°C
Average low
23°C
Precipitation
124 mm
Reanalysis high
43°CJan 5, 1994
Reanalysis low
18°CJan 7, 2011
Daylight
13 h 33 min to 13 h 10 min
Cloud cover
57%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
20°C
Wind
18.4 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 132°C22°C37°C 201818°C 200447%
Jan 232°C23°C37°C 201418°C 200449%
Jan 332°C23°C40°C 201419°C 201249%
Jan 432°C23°C42°C 199420°C 201248%
Jan 532°C23°C43°C 199418°C 200147%
Jan 632°C23°C39°C 199418°C 200145%
Jan 732°C23°C43°C 199418°C 201144%
Jan 832°C23°C38°C 199719°C 200344%
Jan 932°C23°C37°C 201219°C 201142%
Jan 1032°C23°C37°C 201220°C 199141%
Jan 1132°C23°C38°C 199219°C 200540%
Jan 1232°C23°C39°C 200219°C 200539%
Jan 1332°C23°C37°C 201818°C 200538%
Jan 1432°C23°C39°C 201318°C 200537%
Jan 1532°C23°C37°C 199220°C 199736%
Jan 1632°C23°C38°C 199218°C 199635%
Jan 1732°C23°C38°C 200520°C 201234%
Jan 1832°C23°C39°C 200121°C 199334%
Jan 1932°C23°C39°C 201720°C 199334%
Jan 2032°C23°C38°C 200020°C 199335%
Jan 2132°C23°C40°C 201719°C 199138%
Jan 2232°C23°C38°C 199820°C 199739%
Jan 2332°C23°C39°C 201619°C 201140%
Jan 2432°C23°C36°C 201619°C 201141%
Jan 2532°C23°C37°C 201420°C 199443%
Jan 2632°C23°C37°C 199820°C 199444%
Jan 2732°C23°C37°C 200420°C 199446%
Jan 2832°C23°C40°C 200120°C 201148%
Jan 2932°C23°C37°C 201620°C 200048%
Jan 3032°C23°C40°C 199521°C 200348%
Jan 3132°C23°C39°C 199522°C 201549%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Rockhampton, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 5:15 AM, sunset 6:48 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 6:46 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.