Ketchikan Weather in January
Average highs run from 39°F on January 1 to 40°F on January 31, and lows from 32°F to 33°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 17.63 in over about 22 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
- 39°F
- Average low
- 32°F
- Precipitation
- 17.63 in
- Snowfall
- 7.0 in
- Record high
- 62°FJan 6, 1958
- Record low
- -7°FJan 23, 1916
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 7 h 14 min to 8 h 41 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 95%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 8.1 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 | 39°F | 32°F | 54°F 1962 | 2°F 1950 | 72% | 16% |
| Jan 2 | 39°F | 32°F | 54°F 1940 | 6°F 2009 | 72% | 16% |
| Jan 3 | 39°F | 32°F | 52°F 1941 | 3°F 1982 | 72% | 16% |
| Jan 4 | 39°F | 32°F | 52°F 1949 | 0°F 1965 | 72% | 16% |
| Jan 5 | 39°F | 32°F | 50°F 2002 | -1°F 1965 | 72% | 16% |
| Jan 6 | 39°F | 32°F | 62°F 1958 | 2°F 1965 | 72% | 16% |
| Jan 7 | 39°F | 32°F | 62°F 1958 | 4°F 1991 | 72% | 16% |
| Jan 8 | 39°F | 32°F | 54°F 1919 | 2°F 1953 | 72% | 16% |
| Jan 9 | 39°F | 32°F | 55°F 1919 | 1°F 1998 | 71% | 16% |
| Jan 10 | 39°F | 32°F | 55°F 1919 | -1°F 1998 | 71% | 16% |
| Jan 11 | 39°F | 32°F | 52°F 1931 | 1°F 1911 | 71% | 15% |
| Jan 12 | 39°F | 32°F | 52°F 1931 | 0°F 2005 | 71% | 15% |
| Jan 13 | 39°F | 32°F | 53°F 1981 | 0°F 2005 | 71% | 15% |
| Jan 14 | 39°F | 32°F | 59°F 2018 | 2°F 2020 | 71% | 15% |
| Jan 15 | 39°F | 32°F | 59°F 2018 | 0°F 1913 | 71% | 15% |
| Jan 16 | 39°F | 32°F | 58°F 1981 | 1°F 1913 | 71% | 15% |
| Jan 17 | 39°F | 32°F | 56°F 1965 | -2°F 1913 | 71% | 15% |
| Jan 18 | 39°F | 32°F | 56°F 1965 | -5°F 1913 | 71% | 15% |
| Jan 19 | 39°F | 32°F | 58°F 1942 | -2°F 2012 | 71% | 15% |
| Jan 20 | 39°F | 32°F | 58°F 1942 | 5°F 1943 | 70% | 15% |
| Jan 21 | 39°F | 32°F | 57°F 1981 | 5°F 1916 | 70% | 15% |
| Jan 22 | 39°F | 32°F | 53°F 1981 | -5°F 1916 | 70% | 15% |
| Jan 23 | 40°F | 33°F | 52°F 1942 | -7°F 1916 | 70% | 15% |
| Jan 24 | 40°F | 33°F | 52°F 1942 | 1°F 1997 | 70% | 15% |
| Jan 25 | 40°F | 33°F | 51°F 2016 | -1°F 1997 | 69% | 15% |
| Jan 26 | 40°F | 33°F | 53°F 1983 | 1°F 1911 | 69% | 15% |
| Jan 27 | 40°F | 33°F | 54°F 1935 | 0°F 1911 | 69% | 15% |
| Jan 28 | 40°F | 33°F | 55°F 1935 | -3°F 1917 | 69% | 15% |
| Jan 29 | 40°F | 33°F | 56°F 1935 | -5°F 1917 | 69% | 15% |
| Jan 30 | 40°F | 33°F | 61°F 1940 | -4°F 1947 | 68% | 15% |
| Jan 31 | 40°F | 33°F | 59°F 1940 | -3°F 1947 | 68% | 15% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:13 AM, sunset 3:27 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:40 AM, sunset 4:21 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00500657 (Beaver Falls), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00025325, 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.