Madison Weather in January
Average highs run from 49°F on January 1 to 51°F on January 31, and lows from 33°F to 32°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.71 in over about 10 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
- 49°F
- Average low
- 32°F
- Precipitation
- 3.71 in
- Snowfall
- 0.7 in
- Record high
- 84°FJan 16, 1911
- Record low
- -10°FJan 18, 1930
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 51 min to 10 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 34°F
- Wind
- 10.5 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 49°F | 33°F | 74°F 1952 | 5°F 1928 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 2 | 49°F | 32°F | 73°F 1910 | 5°F 1928 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 3 | 49°F | 32°F | 73°F 2023 | 3°F 1928 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 4 | 49°F | 32°F | 76°F 1917 | 6°F 1911 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 5 | 49°F | 32°F | 71°F 1917 | 6°F 1959 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 6 | 49°F | 32°F | 70°F 1913 | 4°F 1942 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 7 | 49°F | 32°F | 72°F 1989 | -7°F 1910 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 8 | 49°F | 32°F | 73°F 1921 | -8°F 1942 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 9 | 49°F | 32°F | 78°F 1939 | 0°F 1988 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 10 | 49°F | 32°F | 72°F 1949 | -2°F 1942 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 11 | 49°F | 32°F | 74°F 1911 | -5°F 1962 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 12 | 49°F | 31°F | 74°F 1911 | -3°F 1918 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 13 | 49°F | 31°F | 80°F 1911 | -1°F 1918 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 14 | 49°F | 31°F | 75°F 1911 | 0°F 1982 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 15 | 49°F | 31°F | 78°F 1911 | 9°F 1927 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 16 | 49°F | 31°F | 84°F 1911 | 6°F 1918 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 17 | 49°F | 31°F | 75°F 1943 | -2°F 1982 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 18 | 49°F | 31°F | 71°F 1933 | -10°F 1930 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 19 | 49°F | 31°F | 73°F 1964 | -4°F 1940 | 32% | 2% |
| Jan 20 | 49°F | 31°F | 74°F 1914 | -8°F 1985 | 32% | 2% |
| Jan 21 | 49°F | 31°F | 74°F 1911 | -2°F 1918 | 32% | 2% |
| Jan 22 | 49°F | 31°F | 80°F 1911 | 0°F 1918 | 32% | 2% |
| Jan 23 | 49°F | 31°F | 78°F 1943 | 0°F 1930 | 32% | 2% |
| Jan 24 | 49°F | 31°F | 78°F 1943 | -3°F 1963 | 32% | 2% |
| Jan 25 | 50°F | 31°F | 75°F 1943 | 5°F 1936 | 32% | 2% |
| Jan 26 | 50°F | 31°F | 76°F 1952 | 1°F 1940 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 27 | 50°F | 31°F | 74°F 1975 | 2°F 1940 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 28 | 50°F | 31°F | 75°F 1975 | 4°F 1963 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 29 | 50°F | 31°F | 73°F 1975 | 4°F 1966 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 30 | 50°F | 32°F | 78°F 1911 | -2°F 1966 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 31 | 51°F | 32°F | 76°F 2002 | 6°F 1949 | 31% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 5:02 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:02 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00038052 (Wynne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00038052, 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.