Oglethorpe Weather in January
Average highs run from 59°F on January 1 to 60°F on January 31, and lows from 35°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.69 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
- 59°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 4.69 in
- Record high
- 85°FJan 12, 1949
- Record low
- 3°FJan 30, 1966
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 10 h 04 min to 10 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 57%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 39°F
- Wind
- 7.2 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 | 35°F | 79°F 1952 | 15°F 1918 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 2 | 59°F | 35°F | 77°F 1917 | 10°F 1928 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 3 | 59°F | 35°F | 79°F 1907 | 11°F 1928 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 4 | 59°F | 35°F | 80°F 1917 | 12°F 1919 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 5 | 59°F | 35°F | 78°F 1950 | 15°F 1999 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 6 | 59°F | 35°F | 78°F 2004 | 8°F 1924 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 7 | 59°F | 35°F | 77°F 1894 | 12°F 1924 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 8 | 59°F | 35°F | 78°F 1946 | 12°F 1970 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 9 | 59°F | 35°F | 80°F 1937 | 6°F 1970 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 10 | 59°F | 35°F | 81°F 1937 | 11°F 1970 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 11 | 59°F | 35°F | 84°F 1937 | 4°F 1982 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 12 | 59°F | 34°F | 85°F 1949 | 12°F 1918 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 13 | 59°F | 34°F | 80°F 1937 | 8°F 1918 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 14 | 59°F | 34°F | 80°F 1937 | 12°F 1927 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 15 | 59°F | 34°F | 82°F 1932 | 13°F 1948 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 16 | 59°F | 34°F | 80°F 1950 | 12°F 1927 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 17 | 59°F | 34°F | 78°F 1932 | 8°F 1977 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 18 | 59°F | 34°F | 80°F 1937 | 15°F 2003 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 19 | 59°F | 34°F | 78°F 1922 | 6°F 1977 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 20 | 59°F | 34°F | 80°F 1937 | 12°F 1994 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 21 | 59°F | 34°F | 80°F 1935 | 18°F 1924 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 22 | 59°F | 35°F | 81°F 1937 | 14°F 1961 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 23 | 59°F | 35°F | 81°F 1937 | 15°F 1960 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 24 | 59°F | 35°F | 80°F 1937 | 4°F 1963 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 25 | 59°F | 35°F | 82°F 1950 | 11°F 2003 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 26 | 59°F | 35°F | 81°F 1950 | 12°F 1905 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 27 | 59°F | 35°F | 79°F 1949 | 11°F 1940 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 28 | 59°F | 35°F | 80°F 1911 | 10°F 1986 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 29 | 60°F | 35°F | 79°F 1957 | 12°F 1986 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 30 | 60°F | 35°F | 80°F 1975 | 3°F 1966 | 30% | 0% |
| Jan 31 | 60°F | 35°F | 79°F 1950 | 3°F 1966 | 30% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 5:42 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:31 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00090253 (Americus), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00090253, 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.