Carolina climate

Carolina Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Carolina, 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 23°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 245 mm over about 28 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Carolina, in °C, with the record for each date.1520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
30°C
Average low
22°C
Precipitation
245 mm
Reanalysis high
35°CJan 19, 2007
Reanalysis low
19°CJan 8, 1995
Daylight
12 h 33 min to 12 h 25 min
Cloud cover
82%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
22°C
Wind
7.6 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°C23°C33°C 200720°C 199378%
Jan 230°C23°C34°C 201620°C 199378%
Jan 330°C23°C35°C 201621°C 199379%
Jan 430°C23°C35°C 201621°C 201180%
Jan 530°C23°C34°C 199220°C 201281%
Jan 630°C23°C34°C 200520°C 199382%
Jan 730°C23°C34°C 200521°C 199583%
Jan 830°C23°C35°C 200519°C 199583%
Jan 930°C22°C35°C 200520°C 201083%
Jan 1030°C22°C34°C 200320°C 201082%
Jan 1130°C22°C33°C 201721°C 201283%
Jan 1230°C22°C34°C 201721°C 199583%
Jan 1330°C22°C33°C 200820°C 200184%
Jan 1430°C22°C34°C 200920°C 200185%
Jan 1530°C22°C33°C 200921°C 200186%
Jan 1630°C22°C33°C 200520°C 199686%
Jan 1730°C22°C33°C 200721°C 199687%
Jan 1830°C22°C34°C 200720°C 201288%
Jan 1930°C22°C35°C 200721°C 199388%
Jan 2030°C22°C34°C 200721°C 199388%
Jan 2130°C22°C33°C 201821°C 199988%
Jan 2230°C22°C34°C 200721°C 201588%
Jan 2330°C22°C33°C 200720°C 201287%
Jan 2430°C22°C33°C 201820°C 199788%
Jan 2530°C22°C34°C 200620°C 199789%
Jan 2630°C22°C32°C 200621°C 201589%
Jan 2730°C22°C33°C 200721°C 199388%
Jan 2830°C22°C32°C 200721°C 201587%
Jan 2930°C22°C33°C 200920°C 201486%
Jan 3030°C22°C33°C 202021°C 199785%
Jan 3130°C22°C35°C 202021°C 199385%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Carolina, in percent.0204060801001102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

January 1
sunrise 5:57 AM, sunset 6:30 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 6:36 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.