Tucson climate

Tucson Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Tucson WFO, 2.7 km from Tucson

Average highs run from 64°F on January 1 to 67°F on January 31, and lows from 41°F to 44°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.88 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 Tucson, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
66°F
Average low
42°F
Precipitation
0.88 in
Record high
87°FJan 10, 1953
Record low
16°FJan 4, 1949
Chance of a freeze
57%
Daylight
10 h 05 min to 10 h 39 min
Cloud cover
39%
Humidity
48%
Dew point
28°F
Wind
8.5 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 164°F41°F80°F 201221°F 201113%0%
Jan 264°F41°F80°F 199823°F 197614%0%
Jan 364°F41°F85°F 202522°F 194914%0%
Jan 464°F41°F84°F 199416°F 194914%0%
Jan 565°F41°F79°F 195417°F 194914%0%
Jan 665°F41°F78°F 195617°F 195014%0%
Jan 765°F42°F80°F 194820°F 196714%0%
Jan 865°F42°F82°F 196920°F 197114%0%
Jan 965°F42°F81°F 194825°F 198914%0%
Jan 1065°F42°F87°F 195326°F 196214%0%
Jan 1165°F42°F82°F 199021°F 196213%0%
Jan 1266°F42°F80°F 199018°F 196413%0%
Jan 1366°F42°F80°F 202321°F 196313%0%
Jan 1466°F42°F80°F 200021°F 201313%0%
Jan 1566°F42°F85°F 200017°F 201313%0%
Jan 1666°F42°F84°F 200024°F 196413%0%
Jan 1766°F43°F81°F 200019°F 198713%0%
Jan 1866°F43°F84°F 200023°F 198713%0%
Jan 1966°F43°F85°F 197126°F 198713%0%
Jan 2067°F43°F84°F 195023°F 196313%0%
Jan 2167°F43°F81°F 195026°F 195913%0%
Jan 2267°F43°F81°F 201325°F 195513%0%
Jan 2367°F43°F81°F 201624°F 202513%0%
Jan 2467°F43°F87°F 199925°F 200213%0%
Jan 2567°F43°F82°F 200025°F 196413%0%
Jan 2667°F43°F82°F 195126°F 195013%0%
Jan 2767°F43°F86°F 198729°F 194813%0%
Jan 2867°F43°F81°F 196725°F 194813%0%
Jan 2967°F43°F82°F 198625°F 194813%0%
Jan 3067°F43°F82°F 198725°F 197913%0%
Jan 3167°F44°F84°F 200322°F 194913%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Tucson, 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 7:25 AM, sunset 5:30 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:57 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00028815 (Tucson WFO), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023160, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.