Petersburg Weather in January
Average highs run from 40°F on January 1 to 40°F on January 31, and lows from 23°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.49 in over about 9 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
- 39°F
- Average low
- 22°F
- Precipitation
- 3.49 in
- Snowfall
- 2.9 in
- Record high
- 76°FJan 24, 1943
- Record low
- -18°FJan 19, 1994
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 32 min to 10 h 15 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 11.2 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 | 40°F | 23°F | 67°F 1952 | -7°F 1968 | 32% | 5% |
| Jan 2 | 39°F | 23°F | 68°F 2000 | -5°F 1928 | 32% | 5% |
| Jan 3 | 39°F | 23°F | 67°F 1997 | -6°F 1928 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 4 | 39°F | 23°F | 67°F 1998 | 0°F 1969 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 5 | 39°F | 23°F | 64°F 1997 | -10°F 1924 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 6 | 39°F | 23°F | 66°F 1946 | -8°F 2014 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 7 | 39°F | 23°F | 68°F 1907 | -17°F 1912 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 8 | 39°F | 23°F | 67°F 1965 | -8°F 1942 | 30% | 5% |
| Jan 9 | 39°F | 22°F | 67°F 2026 | -3°F 1979 | 30% | 5% |
| Jan 10 | 39°F | 22°F | 63°F 1975 | -14°F 1982 | 30% | 5% |
| Jan 11 | 39°F | 22°F | 66°F 1898 | -10°F 1977 | 30% | 5% |
| Jan 12 | 38°F | 22°F | 70°F 1960 | -17°F 1918 | 30% | 5% |
| Jan 13 | 38°F | 22°F | 67°F 2013 | -11°F 1912 | 29% | 5% |
| Jan 14 | 38°F | 22°F | 67°F 1928 | -9°F 2024 | 29% | 5% |
| Jan 15 | 38°F | 22°F | 65°F 1932 | -8°F 2024 | 29% | 5% |
| Jan 16 | 38°F | 22°F | 68°F 1928 | -13°F 1912 | 29% | 5% |
| Jan 17 | 38°F | 22°F | 68°F 1952 | -15°F 1977 | 29% | 5% |
| Jan 18 | 38°F | 21°F | 65°F 1951 | -13°F 1930 | 29% | 5% |
| Jan 19 | 38°F | 21°F | 69°F 1907 | -18°F 1994 | 28% | 5% |
| Jan 20 | 38°F | 21°F | 71°F 1906 | -18°F 1985 | 28% | 5% |
| Jan 21 | 39°F | 21°F | 68°F 1986 | -15°F 1984 | 28% | 5% |
| Jan 22 | 39°F | 21°F | 65°F 1933 | -8°F 1936 | 28% | 5% |
| Jan 23 | 39°F | 21°F | 70°F 1909 | -13°F 1936 | 28% | 5% |
| Jan 24 | 39°F | 21°F | 76°F 1943 | -14°F 1963 | 28% | 5% |
| Jan 25 | 39°F | 21°F | 71°F 1950 | -5°F 1905 | 28% | 5% |
| Jan 26 | 39°F | 21°F | 72°F 1950 | -7°F 1940 | 28% | 5% |
| Jan 27 | 39°F | 21°F | 65°F 1916 | -15°F 1936 | 27% | 5% |
| Jan 28 | 39°F | 21°F | 67°F 1970 | -14°F 1963 | 27% | 5% |
| Jan 29 | 39°F | 21°F | 68°F 2002 | -9°F 1977 | 27% | 5% |
| Jan 30 | 40°F | 21°F | 68°F 2013 | -10°F 1966 | 27% | 5% |
| Jan 31 | 40°F | 22°F | 68°F 1917 | -9°F 1936 | 27% | 5% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:07 AM, sunset 5:39 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:55 AM, sunset 6:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00126872 (Petersburg 61 Brg), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00129253, 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.