Townsville Weather in January
Average highs run from 32°C on January 1 to 32°C on January 31, and lows from 24°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 253 mm over about 19 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 32°C
- Average low
- 25°C
- Precipitation
- 253 mm
- Record high
- 40°CJan 9, 1994
- Record low
- 19°CJan 1, 1963
- Daylight
- 13 h 16 min to 12 h 58 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 74%
- Dew point
- 22°C
- Wind
- 16.2 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 32°C | 24°C | 38°C 1985 | 19°C 1963 | 51% |
| Jan 2 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1985 | 19°C 1963 | 52% |
| Jan 3 | 32°C | 25°C | 37°C 1971 | 21°C 1951 | 53% |
| Jan 4 | 32°C | 25°C | 38°C 1994 | 21°C 2001 | 53% |
| Jan 5 | 32°C | 25°C | 39°C 1994 | 20°C 2001 | 53% |
| Jan 6 | 32°C | 25°C | 38°C 1963 | 19°C 2001 | 54% |
| Jan 7 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2006 | 19°C 2001 | 54% |
| Jan 8 | 32°C | 25°C | 37°C 2004 | 20°C 2001 | 55% |
| Jan 9 | 32°C | 25°C | 40°C 1994 | 21°C 1943 | 56% |
| Jan 10 | 32°C | 24°C | 35°C 1983 | 20°C 2003 | 56% |
| Jan 11 | 32°C | 25°C | 38°C 1983 | 21°C 1961 | 57% |
| Jan 12 | 31°C | 25°C | 38°C 1983 | 21°C 1961 | 56% |
| Jan 13 | 32°C | 24°C | 37°C 1980 | 20°C 2009 | 56% |
| Jan 14 | 32°C | 24°C | 35°C 2002 | 20°C 1948 | 56% |
| Jan 15 | 31°C | 25°C | 36°C 1976 | 20°C 1961 | 56% |
| Jan 16 | 31°C | 25°C | 35°C 1980 | 21°C 1957 | 57% |
| Jan 17 | 32°C | 25°C | 37°C 2025 | 21°C 1957 | 57% |
| Jan 18 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2015 | 21°C 1950 | 57% |
| Jan 19 | 33°C | 25°C | 37°C 1972 | 20°C 1957 | 58% |
| Jan 20 | 32°C | 25°C | 40°C 1971 | 20°C 1957 | 57% |
| Jan 21 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1971 | 19°C 1957 | 57% |
| Jan 22 | 32°C | 25°C | 40°C 1958 | 21°C 1957 | 56% |
| Jan 23 | 32°C | 25°C | 39°C 1958 | 20°C 1961 | 56% |
| Jan 24 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1972 | 20°C 1961 | 56% |
| Jan 25 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1972 | 20°C 1961 | 56% |
| Jan 26 | 32°C | 25°C | 34°C 2014 | 21°C 2002 | 55% |
| Jan 27 | 32°C | 24°C | 38°C 2013 | 20°C 1957 | 56% |
| Jan 28 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1967 | 21°C 2022 | 58% |
| Jan 29 | 32°C | 25°C | 38°C 1967 | 21°C 1971 | 59% |
| Jan 30 | 32°C | 25°C | 38°C 1967 | 21°C 2003 | 60% |
| Jan 31 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1981 | 21°C 1966 | 61% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- January 1
- sunrise 5:38 AM, sunset 6:54 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 5:57 AM, sunset 6:55 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00032040, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.