Zhaotong climate

Zhaotong Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 12°C on January 1 to 14°C on January 31, and lows from -3°C to -3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 12 mm over about 3 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Zhaotong, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
13°C
Average low
-3°C
Precipitation
12 mm
Reanalysis high
22°CJan 20, 2010
Reanalysis low
-10°CJan 24, 2016
Daylight
10 h 27 min to 10 h 53 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
-3°C
Wind
9.0 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 112°C-3°C18°C 1997-6°C 20197%
Jan 212°C-3°C20°C 2006-7°C 19957%
Jan 312°C-3°C19°C 2006-8°C 19958%
Jan 412°C-3°C21°C 2015-7°C 20127%
Jan 512°C-3°C17°C 2000-8°C 20137%
Jan 613°C-3°C19°C 2005-8°C 20137%
Jan 713°C-3°C18°C 2008-7°C 20077%
Jan 812°C-3°C18°C 2008-8°C 20187%
Jan 913°C-3°C20°C 2008-8°C 20187%
Jan 1012°C-3°C19°C 2008-7°C 20118%
Jan 1113°C-3°C20°C 1994-8°C 19997%
Jan 1213°C-3°C17°C 1993-8°C 19997%
Jan 1312°C-3°C18°C 2000-8°C 19937%
Jan 1412°C-3°C16°C 2010-9°C 19938%
Jan 1512°C-3°C19°C 1994-9°C 19938%
Jan 1612°C-3°C19°C 1994-8°C 19938%
Jan 1712°C-3°C20°C 1995-9°C 20118%
Jan 1812°C-3°C20°C 2010-9°C 20117%
Jan 1912°C-3°C22°C 2010-9°C 20117%
Jan 2013°C-3°C22°C 2010-10°C 20117%
Jan 2113°C-3°C19°C 2010-8°C 19937%
Jan 2213°C-3°C19°C 2018-8°C 19937%
Jan 2313°C-3°C19°C 2018-10°C 20168%
Jan 2413°C-3°C19°C 2018-10°C 20168%
Jan 2513°C-3°C18°C 2017-10°C 20168%
Jan 2613°C-3°C18°C 1991-7°C 20088%
Jan 2713°C-3°C19°C 2014-7°C 20088%
Jan 2813°C-3°C20°C 2006-8°C 20088%
Jan 2913°C-3°C21°C 2006-8°C 20088%
Jan 3013°C-3°C20°C 2014-9°C 20087%
Jan 3114°C-3°C21°C 2014-10°C 20087%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Zhaotong, in percent.02468101102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

January 1
sunrise 7:55 AM, sunset 6:22 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:52 AM, sunset 6:45 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.