Newark Weather in January
Average highs run from 33°F on January 1 to 32°F on January 31, and lows from 18°F to 16°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.09 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
- 31°F
- Average low
- 16°F
- Precipitation
- 2.09 in
- Snowfall
- 7.4 in
- Record high
- 68°FJan 25, 1950
- Record low
- -23°FJan 15, 1927
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 14 min to 10 h 02 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 18°F
- Wind
- 12.1 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 | 33°F | 18°F | 58°F 2005 | -17°F 1968 | 32% | 15% |
| Jan 2 | 32°F | 17°F | 55°F 2005 | -15°F 2018 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 3 | 32°F | 17°F | 62°F 2000 | -15°F 2018 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 4 | 32°F | 17°F | 59°F 1997 | -14°F 1919 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 5 | 32°F | 17°F | 64°F 1997 | -21°F 1999 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 6 | 32°F | 17°F | 55°F 2019 | -19°F 1999 | 32% | 17% |
| Jan 7 | 32°F | 16°F | 63°F 2008 | -16°F 1968 | 32% | 17% |
| Jan 8 | 31°F | 16°F | 67°F 2008 | -15°F 1942 | 32% | 17% |
| Jan 9 | 31°F | 16°F | 62°F 2026 | -10°F 1945 | 32% | 17% |
| Jan 10 | 31°F | 16°F | 57°F 2002 | -15°F 1962 | 32% | 17% |
| Jan 11 | 31°F | 16°F | 55°F 2018 | -15°F 1962 | 33% | 18% |
| Jan 12 | 31°F | 16°F | 60°F 2018 | -17°F 1918 | 32% | 18% |
| Jan 13 | 31°F | 16°F | 62°F 2005 | -13°F 1916 | 32% | 18% |
| Jan 14 | 31°F | 15°F | 62°F 1928 | -18°F 1957 | 32% | 18% |
| Jan 15 | 31°F | 15°F | 63°F 1949 | -23°F 1927 | 32% | 18% |
| Jan 16 | 31°F | 15°F | 59°F 1949 | -20°F 2009 | 32% | 18% |
| Jan 17 | 31°F | 15°F | 58°F 1952 | -18°F 2009 | 32% | 19% |
| Jan 18 | 31°F | 15°F | 55°F 1951 | -17°F 1930 | 32% | 19% |
| Jan 19 | 31°F | 15°F | 57°F 1996 | -14°F 1940 | 32% | 19% |
| Jan 20 | 31°F | 15°F | 58°F 2006 | -20°F 1970 | 32% | 19% |
| Jan 21 | 31°F | 15°F | 58°F 2006 | -20°F 1924 | 32% | 19% |
| Jan 22 | 31°F | 15°F | 60°F 2017 | -19°F 1930 | 32% | 19% |
| Jan 23 | 31°F | 15°F | 57°F 1967 | -22°F 1936 | 32% | 19% |
| Jan 24 | 31°F | 15°F | 66°F 1967 | -16°F 1915 | 32% | 19% |
| Jan 25 | 31°F | 15°F | 68°F 1950 | -14°F 1920 | 31% | 19% |
| Jan 26 | 31°F | 15°F | 67°F 1950 | -13°F 2019 | 31% | 19% |
| Jan 27 | 31°F | 15°F | 63°F 1944 | -16°F 1955 | 31% | 19% |
| Jan 28 | 31°F | 15°F | 61°F 2002 | -21°F 1963 | 31% | 19% |
| Jan 29 | 31°F | 15°F | 61°F 2002 | -17°F 1966 | 31% | 19% |
| Jan 30 | 32°F | 16°F | 63°F 2013 | -23°F 2019 | 31% | 19% |
| Jan 31 | 32°F | 16°F | 54°F 2012 | -22°F 2019 | 31% | 18% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 4:35 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00115825 (Morris 1 Nw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00115825, 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.