Madison Weather in January
Average highs run from 55°F on January 1 to 58°F on January 31, and lows from 37°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.46 in over about 11 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
- 56°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Precipitation
- 4.46 in
- Record high
- 83°FJan 1, 1893
- Record low
- 18°FJan 9, 1937
- Chance of a freeze
- 81%
- Daylight
- 9 h 31 min to 10 h 15 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 41°F
- Wind
- 6.9 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 | 55°F | 37°F | 83°F 1893 | 19°F 1919 | 32% |
| Jan 2 | 55°F | 37°F | 78°F 1896 | 20°F 1919 | 32% |
| Jan 3 | 55°F | 37°F | 68°F 1896 | 19°F 1919 | 32% |
| Jan 4 | 55°F | 37°F | 72°F 1894 | 19°F 1910 | 32% |
| Jan 5 | 55°F | 37°F | 73°F 1896 | 19°F 1950 | 33% |
| Jan 6 | 55°F | 37°F | 74°F 1911 | 22°F 1913 | 33% |
| Jan 7 | 55°F | 37°F | 69°F 1895 | 20°F 1913 | 33% |
| Jan 8 | 55°F | 37°F | 67°F 1943 | 23°F 1919 | 33% |
| Jan 9 | 55°F | 37°F | 77°F 1962 | 18°F 1937 | 33% |
| Jan 10 | 55°F | 37°F | 72°F 2025 | 24°F 1957 | 33% |
| Jan 11 | 55°F | 37°F | 78°F 1894 | 24°F 1949 | 33% |
| Jan 12 | 56°F | 37°F | 76°F 1894 | 23°F 1949 | 34% |
| Jan 13 | 56°F | 37°F | 73°F 2009 | 21°F 2007 | 34% |
| Jan 14 | 56°F | 37°F | 69°F 1895 | 21°F 1963 | 34% |
| Jan 15 | 56°F | 37°F | 71°F 1897 | 22°F 1963 | 34% |
| Jan 16 | 56°F | 38°F | 77°F 1894 | 22°F 2007 | 34% |
| Jan 17 | 56°F | 38°F | 73°F 2021 | 21°F 2012 | 34% |
| Jan 18 | 56°F | 38°F | 83°F 1896 | 24°F 1928 | 34% |
| Jan 19 | 56°F | 38°F | 73°F 2021 | 21°F 1943 | 34% |
| Jan 20 | 56°F | 38°F | 75°F 1897 | 20°F 1937 | 34% |
| Jan 21 | 57°F | 38°F | 70°F 1976 | 22°F 1963 | 34% |
| Jan 22 | 57°F | 38°F | 70°F 2014 | 20°F 1937 | 34% |
| Jan 23 | 57°F | 38°F | 71°F 2011 | 20°F 1937 | 34% |
| Jan 24 | 57°F | 38°F | 74°F 1948 | 21°F 1962 | 34% |
| Jan 25 | 57°F | 38°F | 76°F 1897 | 21°F 1937 | 34% |
| Jan 26 | 57°F | 38°F | 75°F 2014 | 24°F 1949 | 34% |
| Jan 27 | 58°F | 39°F | 70°F 1918 | 27°F 1991 | 34% |
| Jan 28 | 58°F | 39°F | 69°F 1962 | 24°F 1948 | 34% |
| Jan 29 | 58°F | 39°F | 72°F 2014 | 25°F 1946 | 34% |
| Jan 30 | 58°F | 39°F | 73°F 2024 | 26°F 1948 | 34% |
| Jan 31 | 58°F | 39°F | 77°F 1895 | 23°F 1946 | 34% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 4:57 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 5:29 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00049781 (Woodland 1 Wnw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00042294, 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.