Cork climate

Cork Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 8°C on January 1 to 8°C on January 31, and lows from 4°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 121 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 Cork, 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
8°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
121 mm
Reanalysis high
13°CJan 26, 2003
Reanalysis low
-7°CJan 9, 2010
Daylight
7 h 53 min to 9 h 05 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
93%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
23.0 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 18°C4°C13°C 2015-3°C 201065%
Jan 28°C4°C11°C 2013-4°C 201065%
Jan 38°C4°C12°C 2012-3°C 199764%
Jan 48°C4°C11°C 2018-4°C 201064%
Jan 58°C4°C12°C 1999-2°C 201064%
Jan 68°C4°C11°C 2017-5°C 201064%
Jan 78°C4°C12°C 2020-6°C 201064%
Jan 88°C4°C12°C 2007-5°C 201065%
Jan 98°C4°C13°C 2015-7°C 201066%
Jan 108°C4°C12°C 2015-5°C 201066%
Jan 118°C4°C11°C 2007-2°C 200366%
Jan 128°C4°C11°C 2007-1°C 199166%
Jan 138°C3°C11°C 20020°C 201464%
Jan 148°C3°C11°C 1996-2°C 200065%
Jan 158°C3°C11°C 1996-2°C 200063%
Jan 168°C3°C11°C 1993-1°C 200163%
Jan 178°C3°C11°C 2018-1°C 199463%
Jan 188°C4°C12°C 2008-2°C 201563%
Jan 198°C3°C12°C 2008-2°C 199862%
Jan 208°C3°C11°C 2008-2°C 199860%
Jan 218°C3°C12°C 2018-2°C 201160%
Jan 228°C3°C12°C 2004-2°C 201359%
Jan 238°C3°C13°C 2008-1°C 200558%
Jan 248°C3°C12°C 20160°C 201158%
Jan 258°C3°C11°C 2016-1°C 200757%
Jan 268°C3°C13°C 2003-2°C 199656%
Jan 278°C3°C12°C 2002-2°C 199655%
Jan 288°C3°C12°C 2018-3°C 201156%
Jan 298°C3°C12°C 1999-3°C 201155%
Jan 308°C3°C11°C 2020-2°C 201156%
Jan 318°C3°C11°C 1995-3°C 199157%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cork, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

January 1
sunrise 8:41 AM, sunset 4:34 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:15 AM, sunset 5:20 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.