Taunton climate

Taunton Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 7°C on January 1 to 7°C on January 31, and lows from 3°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 93 mm over about 16 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Taunton, in °C, with the record for each date.-10-5051015151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
93 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CJan 24, 2016
Reanalysis low
-6°CJan 3, 1997
Daylight
8 h 00 min to 9 h 11 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
94%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
22.0 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 17°C3°C12°C 2003-6°C 199755%
Jan 27°C3°C12°C 2018-6°C 199755%
Jan 37°C3°C12°C 2015-6°C 199755%
Jan 47°C3°C12°C 2018-3°C 201054%
Jan 58°C3°C12°C 2007-3°C 200956%
Jan 68°C3°C12°C 1999-6°C 200956%
Jan 78°C3°C12°C 2020-6°C 200956%
Jan 88°C3°C12°C 2007-5°C 199756%
Jan 98°C3°C13°C 1998-4°C 201056%
Jan 108°C3°C12°C 2015-4°C 200957%
Jan 118°C3°C12°C 2005-3°C 199258%
Jan 128°C3°C12°C 2007-3°C 200357%
Jan 138°C3°C12°C 2011-3°C 199156%
Jan 148°C3°C13°C 2020-1°C 200156%
Jan 158°C3°C12°C 1996-2°C 199156%
Jan 168°C3°C12°C 1993-2°C 201555%
Jan 178°C3°C11°C 2008-2°C 201554%
Jan 187°C3°C12°C 2008-2°C 201753%
Jan 197°C3°C12°C 2008-3°C 201653%
Jan 207°C3°C12°C 2008-4°C 201352%
Jan 217°C3°C11°C 1993-4°C 199250%
Jan 227°C3°C12°C 2016-4°C 199250%
Jan 237°C2°C12°C 2018-2°C 201549%
Jan 247°C2°C14°C 2016-5°C 201348%
Jan 257°C2°C12°C 2016-4°C 199647%
Jan 267°C2°C13°C 2003-4°C 199645%
Jan 277°C2°C13°C 2002-4°C 199646%
Jan 287°C2°C12°C 2018-3°C 201146%
Jan 297°C2°C12°C 2013-4°C 201145%
Jan 307°C2°C12°C 2020-3°C 201145%
Jan 317°C2°C12°C 2016-4°C 201146%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Taunton, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

January 1
sunrise 8:16 AM, sunset 4:16 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 5:02 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.