Elgin climate

Elgin Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 4°C on January 1 to 4°C on January 31, and lows from 0°C to 0°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 19 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Elgin, 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
4°C
Average low
0°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Reanalysis high
11°CJan 7, 2020
Reanalysis low
-8°CJan 10, 2010
Daylight
6 h 42 min to 8 h 20 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
94%
Dew point
1°C
Wind
24.1 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 14°C0°C10°C 1992-6°C 200255%
Jan 24°C0°C11°C 1992-5°C 200254%
Jan 34°C0°C9°C 2007-5°C 199555%
Jan 44°C0°C9°C 2005-4°C 201055%
Jan 54°C0°C9°C 2020-5°C 200956%
Jan 64°C0°C10°C 2005-5°C 200358%
Jan 74°C0°C11°C 2020-7°C 200358%
Jan 84°C0°C8°C 2013-6°C 201058%
Jan 94°C0°C10°C 1998-8°C 201058%
Jan 104°C0°C10°C 2005-8°C 201057%
Jan 114°C0°C10°C 2009-3°C 199957%
Jan 124°C0°C11°C 2007-2°C 199156%
Jan 134°C0°C9°C 2003-5°C 199155%
Jan 144°C0°C9°C 2003-4°C 199155%
Jan 154°C0°C10°C 2005-4°C 199155%
Jan 164°C0°C9°C 1993-5°C 200156%
Jan 174°C1°C9°C 1993-5°C 200156%
Jan 184°C1°C9°C 2006-3°C 200156%
Jan 194°C1°C10°C 2006-5°C 201356%
Jan 204°C0°C8°C 2004-6°C 201355%
Jan 214°C0°C9°C 2002-3°C 201655%
Jan 224°C0°C9°C 2020-3°C 201555%
Jan 234°C0°C9°C 2008-4°C 201354%
Jan 244°C0°C11°C 2016-5°C 201353%
Jan 254°C0°C11°C 2016-3°C 199354%
Jan 264°C0°C11°C 2016-2°C 199854%
Jan 274°C0°C10°C 2003-3°C 199555%
Jan 284°C0°C8°C 2008-3°C 199156%
Jan 294°C0°C8°C 2000-4°C 199556%
Jan 304°C0°C8°C 2020-6°C 199556%
Jan 314°C0°C9°C 2020-5°C 199655%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

January 1
sunrise 8:56 AM, sunset 3:38 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:17 AM, sunset 4:37 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.