Santa Cruz Weather in January
Average highs run from 29°C on January 1 to 31°C on January 31, and lows from 21°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 25 mm over about 6 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 30°C
- Average low
- 20°C
- Precipitation
- 25 mm
- Record high
- 36°CJan 14, 1988
- Record low
- 16°CJan 11, 1983
- Daylight
- 11 h 16 min to 11 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 48%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 20°C
- Wind
- 15.1 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 29°C | 21°C | 34°C 1987 | 19°C 1959 | 27% |
| Jan 2 | 29°C | 21°C | 35°C 1987 | 20°C 1992 | 26% |
| Jan 3 | 29°C | 21°C | 35°C 1987 | 20°C 1984 | 24% |
| Jan 4 | 29°C | 21°C | 34°C 1986 | 19°C 1965 | 22% |
| Jan 5 | 29°C | 20°C | 35°C 1988 | 19°C 1969 | 21% |
| Jan 6 | 29°C | 20°C | 34°C 1988 | 21°C 1963 | 20% |
| Jan 7 | 30°C | 20°C | 33°C 1964 | 20°C 1972 | 20% |
| Jan 8 | 30°C | 20°C | 35°C 1988 | 19°C 1965 | 19% |
| Jan 9 | 30°C | 20°C | 35°C 1988 | 19°C 1985 | 18% |
| Jan 10 | 30°C | 20°C | 34°C 1988 | 18°C 1985 | 18% |
| Jan 11 | 30°C | 20°C | 34°C 1970 | 16°C 1983 | 19% |
| Jan 12 | 30°C | 20°C | 35°C 1988 | 19°C 1971 | 18% |
| Jan 13 | 30°C | 21°C | 35°C 1988 | 19°C 1971 | 19% |
| Jan 14 | 30°C | 21°C | 36°C 1988 | 18°C 1981 | 18% |
| Jan 15 | 30°C | 21°C | 35°C 1988 | 19°C 1982 | 18% |
| Jan 16 | 30°C | 21°C | 35°C 1988 | 19°C 1981 | 17% |
| Jan 17 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 1977 | 19°C 1962 | 17% |
| Jan 18 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 1979 | 18°C 1975 | 18% |
| Jan 19 | 30°C | 21°C | 35°C 1989 | 19°C 1981 | 17% |
| Jan 20 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 1969 | 19°C 1959 | 17% |
| Jan 21 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 1969 | 18°C 1969 | 17% |
| Jan 22 | 30°C | 21°C | 35°C 1988 | 18°C 1970 | 17% |
| Jan 23 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 1988 | 19°C 1962 | 17% |
| Jan 24 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 1988 | 21°C 1961 | 17% |
| Jan 25 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 1988 | 20°C 1967 | 18% |
| Jan 26 | 31°C | 21°C | 34°C 1972 | 20°C 1992 | 18% |
| Jan 27 | 31°C | 21°C | 36°C 1988 | 20°C 1979 | 18% |
| Jan 28 | 31°C | 20°C | 34°C 1979 | 20°C 1978 | 18% |
| Jan 29 | 31°C | 20°C | 36°C 1988 | 21°C 1961 | 19% |
| Jan 30 | 31°C | 20°C | 35°C 1979 | 19°C 1962 | 19% |
| Jan 31 | 31°C | 20°C | 36°C 1988 | 19°C 1970 | 20% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 5:39 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 5:56 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station RPW00041231, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.