Placer County Weather in January
Average highs run from 54°F on January 1 to 56°F on January 31, and lows from 36°F to 37°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 7.83 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
- 55°F
- Average low
- 37°F
- Precipitation
- 7.83 in
- Snowfall
- 0.9 in
- Record high
- 76°FJan 7, 2013
- Record low
- 5°FJan 3, 1950
- Chance of a freeze
- 94%
- Daylight
- 9 h 29 min to 10 h 13 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 30°F
- Wind
- 5.8 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 | 54°F | 36°F | 62°F 1946 | 11°F 1965 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 2 | 54°F | 36°F | 61°F 1953 | 9°F 1950 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 3 | 54°F | 36°F | 65°F 1984 | 5°F 1950 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 4 | 54°F | 36°F | 69°F 1984 | 10°F 1949 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 5 | 54°F | 36°F | 65°F 1969 | 15°F 1973 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 6 | 54°F | 36°F | 65°F 2015 | 17°F 1982 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 7 | 54°F | 36°F | 76°F 2013 | 15°F 1965 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 8 | 54°F | 37°F | 62°F 2012 | 14°F 1949 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 9 | 55°F | 37°F | 62°F 1986 | 6°F 1949 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 10 | 55°F | 37°F | 68°F 1953 | 5°F 1949 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 11 | 55°F | 37°F | 63°F 1983 | 6°F 1949 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 12 | 55°F | 37°F | 62°F 2026 | 12°F 1997 | 36% | 1% |
| Jan 13 | 55°F | 37°F | 69°F 2009 | 8°F 1997 | 36% | 1% |
| Jan 14 | 55°F | 37°F | 69°F 2009 | 12°F 1950 | 36% | 1% |
| Jan 15 | 55°F | 37°F | 67°F 1948 | 12°F 1950 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 16 | 55°F | 37°F | 67°F 1976 | 13°F 1987 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 17 | 55°F | 37°F | 67°F 2021 | 14°F 1987 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 18 | 55°F | 37°F | 69°F 1961 | 22°F 1955 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 19 | 55°F | 37°F | 70°F 1944 | 18°F 1973 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 20 | 55°F | 37°F | 65°F 1961 | 17°F 1962 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 21 | 55°F | 37°F | 64°F 2013 | 10°F 1962 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 22 | 55°F | 37°F | 65°F 1948 | 8°F 1962 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 23 | 55°F | 37°F | 68°F 1948 | 10°F 1949 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 24 | 55°F | 37°F | 67°F 1948 | 9°F 1950 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 25 | 55°F | 37°F | 71°F 2015 | 6°F 1950 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 26 | 56°F | 37°F | 61°F 1955 | 11°F 1957 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 27 | 56°F | 37°F | 64°F 1984 | 9°F 1957 | 37% | 3% |
| Jan 28 | 56°F | 37°F | 68°F 2024 | 10°F 1969 | 37% | 3% |
| Jan 29 | 56°F | 37°F | 67°F 1962 | 10°F 1969 | 37% | 3% |
| Jan 30 | 56°F | 37°F | 67°F 1984 | 14°F 1950 | 37% | 3% |
| Jan 31 | 56°F | 37°F | 71°F 1962 | 13°F 1950 | 37% | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:22 AM, sunset 4:51 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:10 AM, sunset 5:23 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00041912 (Colfax), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023225, 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.