Albany Weather in January
Average highs run from 36°F on January 1 to 35°F on January 31, and lows from 20°F to 17°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.54 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
- 35°F
- Average low
- 18°F
- Precipitation
- 2.54 in
- Snowfall
- 7.4 in
- Record high
- 67°FJan 30, 2013
- Record low
- -29°FJan 18, 1994
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 22 min to 10 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 12.8 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 | 36°F | 20°F | 61°F 1985 | -13°F 1968 | 34% | 14% |
| Jan 2 | 36°F | 19°F | 59°F 2000 | -10°F 2018 | 34% | 14% |
| Jan 3 | 35°F | 19°F | 64°F 2023 | -8°F 2014 | 34% | 15% |
| Jan 4 | 35°F | 19°F | 60°F 2023 | -4°F 1969 | 34% | 15% |
| Jan 5 | 35°F | 19°F | 63°F 1997 | -9°F 1999 | 34% | 15% |
| Jan 6 | 35°F | 19°F | 59°F 1998 | -13°F 2014 | 34% | 15% |
| Jan 7 | 35°F | 18°F | 65°F 2008 | -14°F 2014 | 34% | 15% |
| Jan 8 | 35°F | 18°F | 63°F 2026 | -12°F 1970 | 34% | 15% |
| Jan 9 | 35°F | 18°F | 63°F 2026 | -7°F 1970 | 34% | 15% |
| Jan 10 | 35°F | 18°F | 59°F 2020 | -19°F 1982 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 11 | 34°F | 18°F | 65°F 2020 | -17°F 1982 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 12 | 34°F | 18°F | 64°F 1995 | -7°F 1974 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 13 | 34°F | 17°F | 64°F 1995 | -7°F 1974 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 14 | 34°F | 17°F | 55°F 1995 | -13°F 1994 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 15 | 34°F | 17°F | 54°F 2007 | -12°F 2009 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 16 | 34°F | 17°F | 53°F 2017 | -20°F 1977 | 34% | 16% |
| Jan 17 | 34°F | 17°F | 59°F 1990 | -24°F 1994 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 18 | 34°F | 17°F | 61°F 1996 | -29°F 1994 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 19 | 34°F | 17°F | 62°F 1973 | -27°F 1994 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 20 | 34°F | 17°F | 56°F 2006 | -24°F 1985 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 21 | 34°F | 17°F | 65°F 2017 | -24°F 1985 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 22 | 34°F | 17°F | 63°F 2017 | -19°F 1984 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 23 | 34°F | 17°F | 62°F 1967 | -15°F 1963 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 24 | 34°F | 17°F | 63°F 1967 | -18°F 1963 | 33% | 16% |
| Jan 25 | 34°F | 17°F | 65°F 1967 | -5°F 1963 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 26 | 35°F | 17°F | 56°F 2018 | -5°F 1987 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 27 | 35°F | 17°F | 56°F 1974 | -9°F 2014 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 28 | 35°F | 17°F | 60°F 1999 | -15°F 1963 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 29 | 35°F | 17°F | 65°F 2013 | -10°F 1977 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 30 | 35°F | 17°F | 67°F 2013 | -13°F 1966 | 32% | 16% |
| Jan 31 | 35°F | 17°F | 60°F 2016 | -10°F 1994 | 32% | 16% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:04 AM, sunset 5:26 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 5:58 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00122825 (Farmland 5 Nnw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094895, 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.