College Weather in January
Average highs run from 2°F on January 1 to 6°F on January 31, and lows from -11°F to -9°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.66 in over about 9 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 2°F
- Average low
- -11°F
- Precipitation
- 0.66 in
- Snowfall
- 10.4 in
- Record high
- 52°FJan 16, 2009
- Record low
- -66°FJan 14, 1934
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 4 h 02 min to 6 h 52 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 96%
- Dew point
- -6°F
- Wind
- 7.8 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 2°F | -11°F | 41°F 1937 | -60°F 1969 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 2 | 2°F | -12°F | 41°F 2011 | -61°F 1969 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 3 | 2°F | -12°F | 29°F 1968 | -57°F 1969 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 4 | 2°F | -12°F | 40°F 1977 | -56°F 1975 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 5 | 2°F | -12°F | 33°F 1960 | -57°F 1975 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 6 | 1°F | -12°F | 34°F 1934 | -57°F 1975 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 7 | 1°F | -12°F | 33°F 1944 | -55°F 1975 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 8 | 1°F | -12°F | 40°F 1930 | -53°F 1952 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 9 | 1°F | -12°F | 40°F 1937 | -56°F 1952 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 10 | 1°F | -12°F | 40°F 1937 | -56°F 1952 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 11 | 1°F | -13°F | 37°F 1940 | -53°F 1934 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 12 | 1°F | -13°F | 47°F 2025 | -56°F 1934 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 13 | 1°F | -13°F | 42°F 2025 | -65°F 1934 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 14 | 1°F | -12°F | 44°F 2009 | -66°F 1934 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 15 | 1°F | -12°F | 50°F 1981 | -64°F 1934 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 16 | 1°F | -12°F | 52°F 2009 | -58°F 1934 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 17 | 1°F | -12°F | 48°F 2009 | -57°F 1947 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 18 | 2°F | -12°F | 38°F 1965 | -60°F 1971 | 28% | 33% |
| Jan 19 | 2°F | -12°F | 42°F 1981 | -60°F 1971 | 28% | 33% |
| Jan 20 | 2°F | -12°F | 45°F 1961 | -56°F 1934 | 28% | 33% |
| Jan 21 | 2°F | -12°F | 47°F 1961 | -60°F 1934 | 28% | 33% |
| Jan 22 | 2°F | -11°F | 37°F 1962 | -55°F 1934 | 28% | 33% |
| Jan 23 | 3°F | -11°F | 39°F 1981 | -55°F 1971 | 28% | 33% |
| Jan 24 | 3°F | -11°F | 46°F 1977 | -58°F 1971 | 28% | 33% |
| Jan 25 | 3°F | -11°F | 45°F 1991 | -59°F 1934 | 28% | 33% |
| Jan 26 | 4°F | -10°F | 39°F 1948 | -60°F 1934 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 27 | 4°F | -10°F | 39°F 1945 | -58°F 1933 | 28% | 32% |
| Jan 28 | 4°F | -10°F | 42°F 1945 | -60°F 1933 | 27% | 32% |
| Jan 29 | 5°F | -9°F | 35°F 1931 | -58°F 1933 | 27% | 32% |
| Jan 30 | 5°F | -9°F | 38°F 1985 | -56°F 1947 | 27% | 32% |
| Jan 31 | 6°F | -9°F | 42°F 1940 | -51°F 1947 | 27% | 32% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKST).
- January 1
- sunrise 10:54 AM, sunset 2:56 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 9:39 AM, sunset 4:31 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00502107 (College Obsy), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026411, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.