Kansas Weather in January
Average highs run from 38°F on January 1 to 39°F on January 31, and lows from 22°F to 21°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.54 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
- 38°F
- Average low
- 21°F
- Precipitation
- 2.54 in
- Snowfall
- 8.1 in
- Record high
- 71°FJan 17, 1952
- Record low
- -23°FJan 18, 1930
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 27 min to 10 h 11 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 23°F
- Wind
- 11.9 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 | 38°F | 22°F | 65°F 1952 | -14°F 1968 | 34% | 12% |
| Jan 2 | 38°F | 22°F | 62°F 1916 | -13°F 2018 | 34% | 12% |
| Jan 3 | 38°F | 22°F | 65°F 1950 | -12°F 2018 | 34% | 12% |
| Jan 4 | 38°F | 22°F | 62°F 2023 | -9°F 1920 | 34% | 12% |
| Jan 5 | 38°F | 22°F | 64°F 1997 | -15°F 1924 | 34% | 13% |
| Jan 6 | 38°F | 21°F | 63°F 1946 | -13°F 2014 | 34% | 13% |
| Jan 7 | 38°F | 21°F | 63°F 1989 | -20°F 1912 | 34% | 13% |
| Jan 8 | 38°F | 21°F | 67°F 2008 | -17°F 1912 | 34% | 13% |
| Jan 9 | 37°F | 21°F | 65°F 2026 | -6°F 1981 | 33% | 13% |
| Jan 10 | 37°F | 21°F | 61°F 1975 | -16°F 1982 | 33% | 13% |
| Jan 11 | 37°F | 21°F | 59°F 2020 | -15°F 1977 | 33% | 13% |
| Jan 12 | 37°F | 21°F | 66°F 1898 | -20°F 1918 | 33% | 13% |
| Jan 13 | 37°F | 20°F | 66°F 1995 | -19°F 1918 | 33% | 13% |
| Jan 14 | 37°F | 20°F | 64°F 1928 | -13°F 1957 | 33% | 13% |
| Jan 15 | 37°F | 20°F | 64°F 1932 | -19°F 1927 | 32% | 13% |
| Jan 16 | 37°F | 20°F | 66°F 1949 | -20°F 1977 | 32% | 13% |
| Jan 17 | 37°F | 20°F | 71°F 1952 | -21°F 1977 | 32% | 13% |
| Jan 18 | 38°F | 20°F | 63°F 1951 | -23°F 1930 | 32% | 13% |
| Jan 19 | 38°F | 20°F | 62°F 1951 | -22°F 1994 | 32% | 13% |
| Jan 20 | 38°F | 20°F | 63°F 1906 | -21°F 1985 | 32% | 13% |
| Jan 21 | 38°F | 20°F | 65°F 1906 | -18°F 1984 | 32% | 13% |
| Jan 22 | 38°F | 20°F | 69°F 1906 | -14°F 1936 | 31% | 13% |
| Jan 23 | 38°F | 20°F | 66°F 1967 | -18°F 1936 | 31% | 13% |
| Jan 24 | 38°F | 20°F | 70°F 1909 | -16°F 1915 | 31% | 13% |
| Jan 25 | 38°F | 20°F | 71°F 1950 | -11°F 1894 | 31% | 13% |
| Jan 26 | 38°F | 20°F | 70°F 1950 | -8°F 1936 | 31% | 13% |
| Jan 27 | 39°F | 20°F | 62°F 1916 | -14°F 1936 | 31% | 13% |
| Jan 28 | 39°F | 21°F | 66°F 1914 | -16°F 1963 | 31% | 13% |
| Jan 29 | 39°F | 21°F | 70°F 1914 | -10°F 1977 | 30% | 13% |
| Jan 30 | 39°F | 21°F | 64°F 2013 | -12°F 1966 | 30% | 12% |
| Jan 31 | 39°F | 21°F | 65°F 1989 | -14°F 2019 | 30% | 12% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 4:39 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:00 AM, sunset 5:11 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00111436 (Charleston), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00116610, 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.