Riverside Weather in January
Average highs run from 39°F on January 1 to 39°F on January 31, and lows from 24°F to 21°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.26 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
- 38°F
- Average low
- 22°F
- Precipitation
- 4.26 in
- Snowfall
- 9.1 in
- Record high
- 70°FJan 6, 2007
- Record low
- -10°FJan 22, 1961
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 18 min to 10 h 04 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 24°F
- Wind
- 8.7 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 39°F | 24°F | 60°F 1966 | 4°F 2018 | 37% | 13% |
| Jan 2 | 39°F | 24°F | 57°F 1966 | 2°F 1968 | 37% | 13% |
| Jan 3 | 39°F | 24°F | 61°F 1998 | 4°F 2014 | 37% | 13% |
| Jan 4 | 39°F | 24°F | 65°F 2023 | 0°F 1981 | 37% | 13% |
| Jan 5 | 38°F | 24°F | 62°F 1993 | 7°F 2016 | 37% | 13% |
| Jan 6 | 38°F | 23°F | 70°F 2007 | 2°F 1996 | 37% | 14% |
| Jan 7 | 38°F | 23°F | 60°F 2012 | -2°F 2018 | 36% | 14% |
| Jan 8 | 38°F | 23°F | 63°F 2008 | 5°F 1968 | 36% | 14% |
| Jan 9 | 38°F | 23°F | 64°F 2008 | -7°F 1968 | 36% | 14% |
| Jan 10 | 38°F | 23°F | 57°F 2016 | -3°F 1968 | 36% | 15% |
| Jan 11 | 38°F | 23°F | 65°F 2020 | -2°F 1982 | 36% | 15% |
| Jan 12 | 38°F | 22°F | 66°F 2020 | -5°F 1981 | 36% | 15% |
| Jan 13 | 38°F | 22°F | 61°F 2017 | 0°F 1981 | 36% | 15% |
| Jan 14 | 38°F | 22°F | 61°F 1995 | -1°F 1988 | 36% | 15% |
| Jan 15 | 38°F | 22°F | 62°F 1995 | -6°F 1957 | 35% | 15% |
| Jan 16 | 38°F | 22°F | 56°F 1995 | -1°F 1965 | 35% | 15% |
| Jan 17 | 38°F | 22°F | 59°F 1973 | -7°F 1982 | 35% | 15% |
| Jan 18 | 38°F | 22°F | 62°F 1973 | -8°F 1982 | 35% | 16% |
| Jan 19 | 38°F | 22°F | 57°F 1996 | -4°F 1994 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 20 | 38°F | 22°F | 58°F 2006 | -3°F 1994 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 21 | 38°F | 22°F | 61°F 2006 | -4°F 1961 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 22 | 38°F | 21°F | 54°F 1973 | -10°F 1961 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 23 | 38°F | 21°F | 57°F 1957 | -4°F 1976 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 24 | 38°F | 21°F | 61°F 1967 | -2°F 2005 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 25 | 38°F | 21°F | 65°F 1967 | 0°F 1963 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 26 | 38°F | 21°F | 55°F 1978 | -4°F 1994 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 27 | 38°F | 21°F | 65°F 1974 | -9°F 1994 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 28 | 38°F | 21°F | 58°F 2002 | 1°F 2003 | 31% | 16% |
| Jan 29 | 38°F | 21°F | 67°F 2002 | -3°F 1977 | 31% | 16% |
| Jan 30 | 38°F | 21°F | 61°F 2006 | 2°F 1961 | 31% | 16% |
| Jan 31 | 39°F | 21°F | 58°F 2012 | 0°F 2019 | 31% | 16% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:19 AM, sunset 4:37 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:06 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00067970 (Stamford 5 N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094745, 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.