Cambridge climate

Cambridge Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -2°C on January 1 to -3°C on January 31, and lows from -8°C to -11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 9 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Cambridge, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-3°C
Average low
-10°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Reanalysis high
13°CJan 14, 1995
Reanalysis low
-26°CJan 14, 1999
Daylight
9 h 02 min to 9 h 54 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
90%
Dew point
-8°C
Wind
22.7 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 1-2°C-8°C7°C 2007-19°C 199937%
Jan 2-2°C-8°C8°C 2000-19°C 201437%
Jan 3-2°C-8°C7°C 2004-25°C 201437%
Jan 4-2°C-8°C9°C 2007-19°C 199637%
Jan 5-2°C-8°C10°C 1997-18°C 201838%
Jan 6-2°C-9°C9°C 1998-22°C 201839%
Jan 7-2°C-9°C12°C 2008-25°C 201438%
Jan 8-2°C-9°C12°C 2008-20°C 201437%
Jan 9-2°C-9°C11°C 2008-21°C 200438%
Jan 10-2°C-9°C4°C 2000-23°C 199938%
Jan 11-3°C-10°C9°C 2018-16°C 201538%
Jan 12-3°C-10°C9°C 2018-19°C 201536%
Jan 13-3°C-10°C11°C 1995-26°C 201535%
Jan 14-3°C-10°C13°C 1995-26°C 199934%
Jan 15-3°C-10°C12°C 1995-22°C 200434%
Jan 16-3°C-10°C3°C 1991-23°C 200434%
Jan 17-3°C-10°C6°C 2012-21°C 200034%
Jan 18-3°C-11°C9°C 1996-22°C 199434%
Jan 19-4°C-11°C9°C 1996-25°C 199433%
Jan 20-4°C-11°C6°C 2006-24°C 200132%
Jan 21-4°C-11°C4°C 2018-25°C 201432%
Jan 22-4°C-11°C5°C 2018-24°C 201432%
Jan 23-4°C-11°C5°C 2017-24°C 201431%
Jan 24-4°C-11°C3°C 2010-23°C 201130%
Jan 25-4°C-11°C4°C 2017-22°C 200730%
Jan 26-4°C-11°C4°C 2018-23°C 201430%
Jan 27-3°C-11°C5°C 2002-23°C 200530%
Jan 28-3°C-11°C7°C 2006-23°C 201431%
Jan 29-3°C-11°C6°C 2006-20°C 201432%
Jan 30-3°C-11°C11°C 2013-25°C 199432%
Jan 31-3°C-11°C7°C 2016-24°C 199431%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cambridge, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

January 1
sunrise 7:54 AM, sunset 4:56 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 5:32 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.