Descanso climate

Descanso Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Cuyamaca, 15.4 km from Descanso

Average highs run from 51°F on January 1 to 51°F on January 31, and lows from 33°F to 33°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.51 in over about 7 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 Descanso, in °F, with the record for each date.20406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
51°F
Average low
33°F
Precipitation
5.51 in
Snowfall
3.8 in
Record high
93°FJan 15, 2021
Record low
26°FJan 14, 2007
Chance of a freeze
99%
Daylight
10 h 02 min to 10 h 36 min
Cloud cover
42%
Humidity
54%
Dew point
33°F
Wind
6.7 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 151°F33°F89°F 201229°F 198324%4%
Jan 251°F33°F84°F 200128°F 198324%4%
Jan 351°F33°F84°F 200328°F 198324%4%
Jan 451°F33°F90°F 201229°F 199324%4%
Jan 551°F33°F88°F 201232°F 201324%4%
Jan 651°F33°F89°F 200633°F 199024%4%
Jan 751°F33°F81°F 201030°F 198924%4%
Jan 851°F33°F86°F 200728°F 198224%4%
Jan 951°F33°F85°F 198329°F 198923%4%
Jan 1051°F33°F83°F 201031°F 198723%4%
Jan 1151°F33°F86°F 198333°F 198723%4%
Jan 1251°F33°F89°F 200933°F 198723%4%
Jan 1351°F33°F88°F 200930°F 198923%4%
Jan 1451°F33°F89°F 202126°F 200723%4%
Jan 1551°F33°F93°F 202126°F 200723%4%
Jan 1651°F33°F86°F 201427°F 200723%4%
Jan 1751°F33°F87°F 201126°F 198723%5%
Jan 1851°F33°F88°F 201130°F 198723%5%
Jan 1951°F33°F82°F 200533°F 200123%5%
Jan 2051°F33°F87°F 200929°F 198823%5%
Jan 2151°F33°F79°F 201329°F 198723%5%
Jan 2251°F33°F84°F 201332°F 198723%5%
Jan 2351°F33°F78°F 198933°F 202323%5%
Jan 2451°F33°F82°F 198833°F 198023%5%
Jan 2551°F33°F86°F 200335°F 200223%5%
Jan 2651°F33°F88°F 200333°F 200224%5%
Jan 2751°F33°F84°F 200333°F 200224%5%
Jan 2851°F33°F86°F 201833°F 199024%6%
Jan 2951°F33°F89°F 201833°F 198924%6%
Jan 3051°F33°F88°F 202632°F 200224%6%
Jan 3151°F33°F92°F 200329°F 200224%6%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Descanso, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (PST).

January 1
sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 4:51 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:42 AM, sunset 5:18 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00042239 (Cuyamaca), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00042706, 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.