Snowflake climate

Snowflake Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Snowflake, 0.8 km from Snowflake

Average highs run from 48°F on January 1 to 53°F on January 31, and lows from 20°F to 21°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.72 in over about 4 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Snowflake, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
50°F
Average low
20°F
Precipitation
0.72 in
Snowfall
2.3 in
Record high
79°FJan 15, 1943
Record low
-30°FJan 23, 1937
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 54 min to 10 h 30 min
Cloud cover
50%
Humidity
59%
Dew point
20°F
Wind
7.4 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 148°F20°F68°F 1900-12°F 191613%5%
Jan 248°F20°F67°F 1981-24°F 191913%5%
Jan 348°F20°F75°F 1943-21°F 191913%5%
Jan 448°F20°F68°F 1948-18°F 197113%5%
Jan 548°F20°F69°F 1927-25°F 197113%4%
Jan 648°F20°F68°F 1921-29°F 197113%4%
Jan 749°F20°F72°F 1969-29°F 197113%4%
Jan 849°F20°F72°F 1948-15°F 197113%4%
Jan 949°F20°F70°F 1956-14°F 191913%4%
Jan 1049°F20°F69°F 1948-8°F 191913%4%
Jan 1149°F20°F69°F 1948-20°F 193713%4%
Jan 1249°F20°F68°F 1928-13°F 193713%4%
Jan 1349°F20°F71°F 1928-10°F 196314%4%
Jan 1450°F20°F70°F 2000-7°F 196414%4%
Jan 1550°F20°F79°F 1943-8°F 189814%4%
Jan 1650°F20°F75°F 1943-5°F 191914%4%
Jan 1750°F20°F72°F 1914-6°F 194914%4%
Jan 1850°F20°F71°F 1959-13°F 198714%4%
Jan 1951°F20°F69°F 1914-14°F 189814%4%
Jan 2051°F20°F72°F 1971-18°F 196314%4%
Jan 2151°F20°F74°F 1950-18°F 193714%4%
Jan 2251°F20°F72°F 1950-25°F 193714%4%
Jan 2351°F21°F68°F 1950-30°F 193714%4%
Jan 2451°F21°F67°F 1970-23°F 193714%4%
Jan 2552°F21°F71°F 1975-16°F 189814%4%
Jan 2652°F21°F68°F 1951-20°F 193714%4%
Jan 2752°F21°F71°F 2003-12°F 193714%4%
Jan 2852°F21°F69°F 19860°F 190214%4%
Jan 2952°F21°F72°F 1986-2°F 193214%4%
Jan 3052°F21°F69°F 19110°F 194914%4%
Jan 3153°F21°F67°F 1965-1°F 200214%4%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Snowflake, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

January 1
sunrise 7:27 AM, sunset 5:21 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:19 AM, sunset 5:49 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00028012 (Snowflake), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00028012, 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.