Ridgecrest Weather in January
Average highs run from 59°F on January 1 to 62°F on January 31, and lows from 30°F to 32°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.94 in.
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
- 60°F
- Average low
- 31°F
- Precipitation
- 0.94 in
- Snowfall
- 0.3 in
- Record high
- 89°FJan 29, 2017
- Record low
- 6°FJan 13, 1963
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 49 min to 10 h 27 min
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Humidity
- 51%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 7.6 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 | 59°F | 30°F | 67°F 2018 | 14°F 2016 | 1% | |
| Jan 2 | 59°F | 30°F | 77°F 1997 | 16°F 2013 | 1% | |
| Jan 3 | 59°F | 30°F | 72°F 1994 | 15°F 1952 | 1% | |
| Jan 4 | 59°F | 30°F | 78°F 2017 | 11°F 1952 | 1% | |
| Jan 5 | 59°F | 30°F | 74°F 1984 | 11°F 1949 | 1% | |
| Jan 6 | 59°F | 30°F | 74°F 2018 | 13°F 1950 | 1% | |
| Jan 7 | 59°F | 30°F | 77°F 1962 | 11°F 1950 | 1% | |
| Jan 8 | 59°F | 30°F | 74°F 1962 | 16°F 1989 | 1% | |
| Jan 9 | 59°F | 30°F | 76°F 2017 | 18°F 1952 | 1% | |
| Jan 10 | 59°F | 30°F | 78°F 2017 | 19°F 1952 | 1% | |
| Jan 11 | 60°F | 30°F | 74°F 1986 | 20°F 1962 | 1% | |
| Jan 12 | 60°F | 30°F | 73°F 1953 | 11°F 1949 | 1% | |
| Jan 13 | 60°F | 30°F | 75°F 2017 | 6°F 1963 | 1% | |
| Jan 14 | 60°F | 31°F | 83°F 2017 | 13°F 1963 | 1% | |
| Jan 15 | 60°F | 31°F | 81°F 2017 | 13°F 2013 | 0% | |
| Jan 16 | 60°F | 31°F | 82°F 2017 | 18°F 1963 | 0% | |
| Jan 17 | 60°F | 31°F | 79°F 2017 | 15°F 2013 | 0% | |
| Jan 18 | 60°F | 31°F | 80°F 1994 | 18°F 2013 | 0% | |
| Jan 19 | 60°F | 31°F | 77°F 1994 | 19°F 1947 | 0% | |
| Jan 20 | 61°F | 31°F | 78°F 1994 | 15°F 1963 | 0% | |
| Jan 21 | 61°F | 31°F | 72°F 1994 | 16°F 1987 | 0% | |
| Jan 22 | 61°F | 31°F | 77°F 1993 | 18°F 1987 | 0% | |
| Jan 23 | 61°F | 31°F | 77°F 1948 | 19°F 1996 | 0% | |
| Jan 24 | 61°F | 31°F | 76°F 1984 | 19°F 1991 | 0% | |
| Jan 25 | 61°F | 32°F | 76°F 1984 | 20°F 2002 | 0% | |
| Jan 26 | 61°F | 32°F | 74°F 1986 | 18°F 1950 | 0% | |
| Jan 27 | 61°F | 32°F | 75°F 1986 | 15°F 1950 | 0% | |
| Jan 28 | 61°F | 32°F | 82°F 2017 | 16°F 1948 | 0% | |
| Jan 29 | 62°F | 32°F | 89°F 2017 | 13°F 1948 | 0% | |
| Jan 30 | 62°F | 32°F | 83°F 2017 | 19°F 1948 | 0% | |
| Jan 31 | 62°F | 32°F | 85°F 2017 | 15°F 2002 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:00 AM, sunset 4:49 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 5:18 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00093104 (China Lake Naf), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093104, 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.