Wainwright Weather in January
Average highs run from -3°F on January 1 to -4°F on January 31, and lows from -16°F to -18°F.
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
- -4°F
- Average low
- -18°F
- Record high
- 36°FJan 1, 2017
- Record low
- -53°FJan 3, 1975
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 0 h 00 min to 4 h 28 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 99%
- Dew point
- -8°F
- Wind
- 12.5 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | -3°F | -16°F | 36°F 2017 | -51°F 1956 | |
| Jan 2 | -3°F | -16°F | 34°F 2017 | -50°F 1975 | |
| Jan 3 | -3°F | -16°F | 30°F 2017 | -53°F 1975 | |
| Jan 4 | -3°F | -17°F | 36°F 1974 | -49°F 1975 | |
| Jan 5 | -3°F | -17°F | 32°F 1974 | -50°F 1943 | |
| Jan 6 | -3°F | -17°F | 31°F 1968 | -50°F 1943 | |
| Jan 7 | -3°F | -17°F | 31°F 2005 | -51°F 1917 | |
| Jan 8 | -3°F | -17°F | 31°F 2005 | -48°F 1917 | |
| Jan 9 | -4°F | -17°F | 33°F 2011 | -52°F 1917 | |
| Jan 10 | -4°F | -17°F | 28°F 2011 | -47°F 1925 | |
| Jan 11 | -4°F | -17°F | 29°F 1993 | -50°F 1925 | |
| Jan 12 | -4°F | -17°F | 32°F 1916 | -45°F 1951 | |
| Jan 13 | -4°F | -18°F | 33°F 1916 | -46°F 1951 | |
| Jan 14 | -4°F | -18°F | 28°F 1917 | -50°F 1951 | |
| Jan 15 | -4°F | -18°F | 32°F 1957 | -53°F 1951 | |
| Jan 16 | -4°F | -18°F | 32°F 1957 | -52°F 1980 | |
| Jan 17 | -4°F | -18°F | 33°F 1922 | -48°F 1989 | |
| Jan 18 | -4°F | -18°F | 31°F 1922 | -47°F 1951 | |
| Jan 19 | -4°F | -18°F | 33°F 1922 | -52°F 1925 | |
| Jan 20 | -4°F | -18°F | 33°F 2008 | -52°F 1925 | |
| Jan 21 | -4°F | -18°F | 30°F 1930 | -50°F 1925 | |
| Jan 22 | -4°F | -18°F | 30°F 1961 | -46°F 1968 | |
| Jan 23 | -4°F | -18°F | 31°F 2026 | -47°F 1947 | |
| Jan 24 | -4°F | -18°F | 33°F 2025 | -52°F 1903 | |
| Jan 25 | -4°F | -18°F | 30°F 1949 | -50°F 1925 | |
| Jan 26 | -4°F | -18°F | 31°F 1957 | -49°F 1989 | |
| Jan 27 | -4°F | -18°F | 29°F 1963 | -48°F 1993 | |
| Jan 28 | -4°F | -18°F | 34°F 1963 | -45°F 1989 | |
| Jan 29 | -4°F | -18°F | 35°F 1963 | -48°F 1984 | |
| Jan 30 | -4°F | -18°F | 27°F 1996 | -48°F 1984 | |
| Jan 31 | -4°F | -18°F | 29°F 1957 | -50°F 1993 |
Chance of rain
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKST).
- January 1
- sunrise , sunset
- January 31
- sunrise 11:40 AM, sunset 4:08 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00027503 (Wainwright AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00027502, 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.