Gainesville Weather in January
Average highs run from 51°F on January 1 to 52°F on January 31, and lows from 32°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.28 in over about 10 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
- 51°F
- Average low
- 31°F
- Precipitation
- 5.28 in
- Snowfall
- 0.7 in
- Record high
- 76°FJan 29, 2002
- Record low
- 5°FJan 7, 2014
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 55 min to 10 h 31 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 33°F
- Wind
- 4.9 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 | 51°F | 32°F | 75°F 2022 | 18°F 1998 | 34% | 1% |
| Jan 2 | 51°F | 32°F | 72°F 2022 | 12°F 2018 | 34% | 1% |
| Jan 3 | 51°F | 32°F | 70°F 2000 | 15°F 2001 | 34% | 1% |
| Jan 4 | 51°F | 32°F | 70°F 2004 | 17°F 1999 | 34% | 1% |
| Jan 5 | 51°F | 32°F | 68°F 2005 | 15°F 2018 | 34% | 1% |
| Jan 6 | 51°F | 32°F | 68°F 2007 | 9°F 2014 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 7 | 51°F | 32°F | 69°F 2026 | 5°F 2014 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 8 | 51°F | 31°F | 68°F 1998 | 9°F 2015 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 9 | 51°F | 31°F | 66°F 2008 | 17°F 2011 | 34% | 2% |
| Jan 10 | 51°F | 31°F | 68°F 2026 | 21°F 2015 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 11 | 51°F | 31°F | 67°F 2020 | 14°F 1997 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 12 | 51°F | 31°F | 72°F 2013 | 21°F 2011 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 13 | 51°F | 31°F | 72°F 2017 | 21°F 2010 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 14 | 51°F | 31°F | 69°F 2007 | 18°F 2011 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 15 | 51°F | 31°F | 72°F 2017 | 20°F 2009 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 16 | 51°F | 31°F | 66°F 2020 | 12°F 2009 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 17 | 51°F | 31°F | 73°F 2017 | 13°F 2024 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 18 | 51°F | 31°F | 72°F 2017 | 12°F 2003 | 33% | 2% |
| Jan 19 | 51°F | 31°F | 70°F 2023 | 17°F 2016 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 20 | 51°F | 31°F | 72°F 2017 | 17°F 2008 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 21 | 51°F | 31°F | 68°F 1999 | 13°F 2024 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 22 | 51°F | 31°F | 71°F 1999 | 15°F 2014 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 23 | 51°F | 31°F | 64°F 1997 | 12°F 2003 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 24 | 51°F | 31°F | 66°F 2002 | 10°F 2003 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 25 | 51°F | 31°F | 70°F 2024 | 16°F 2014 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 26 | 52°F | 31°F | 69°F 2021 | 16°F 2026 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 27 | 52°F | 31°F | 72°F 1999 | 12°F 2026 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 28 | 52°F | 31°F | 69°F 1999 | 22°F 2004 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 29 | 52°F | 31°F | 76°F 2002 | 16°F 2014 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 30 | 52°F | 31°F | 74°F 2002 | 15°F 2014 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 31 | 52°F | 31°F | 73°F 2002 | 17°F 2026 | 34% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:42 AM, sunset 5:37 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 6:04 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00093621 (Gainesville), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00053838, 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.