Lake Mills climate

Lake Mills Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Forest City 2 Nne, 16.9 km from Lake Mills

Average highs run from 24°F on January 1 to 23°F on January 31, and lows from 8°F to 5°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.15 in.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Lake Mills, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
23°F
Average low
6°F
Precipitation
1.15 in
Snowfall
8.2 in
Record high
64°FJan 25, 1944
Record low
-36°FJan 12, 1912
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 02 min to 9 h 54 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
88%
Dew point
12°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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 124°F8°F54°F 1897-25°F 197415%
Jan 224°F8°F48°F 1964-26°F 201015%
Jan 323°F8°F49°F 1909-28°F 191115%
Jan 423°F7°F47°F 1930-27°F 191115%
Jan 523°F7°F48°F 1930-31°F 192415%
Jan 623°F7°F55°F 2012-27°F 198815%
Jan 723°F7°F50°F 1990-31°F 191215%
Jan 823°F6°F57°F 2003-28°F 191216%
Jan 923°F6°F56°F 2003-24°F 197716%
Jan 1023°F6°F52°F 1928-27°F 198216%
Jan 1122°F6°F54°F 2012-27°F 198216%
Jan 1222°F6°F49°F 1987-36°F 191216%
Jan 1322°F6°F51°F 1987-34°F 191216%
Jan 1422°F5°F51°F 1914-22°F 197216%
Jan 1522°F5°F55°F 1914-26°F 197216%
Jan 1622°F5°F45°F 1919-27°F 200917%
Jan 1722°F5°F49°F 1996-28°F 197017%
Jan 1822°F5°F53°F 1919-28°F 193017%
Jan 1922°F5°F49°F 1981-26°F 197017%
Jan 2022°F5°F53°F 1944-30°F 197017%
Jan 2122°F5°F47°F 1933-30°F 197017%
Jan 2222°F5°F50°F 1900-30°F 193617%
Jan 2322°F5°F53°F 1981-29°F 193517%
Jan 2423°F5°F58°F 1981-29°F 190417%
Jan 2523°F5°F64°F 1944-28°F 190417%
Jan 2623°F5°F54°F 2002-27°F 190417%
Jan 2723°F5°F62°F 2002-24°F 190417%
Jan 2823°F5°F55°F 2002-27°F 191517%
Jan 2923°F5°F55°F 1919-28°F 196617%
Jan 3023°F5°F50°F 1931-30°F 201917%
Jan 3123°F5°F61°F 2025-24°F 199417%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Lake Mills, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

January 1
sunrise 7:47 AM, sunset 4:49 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:31 AM, sunset 5:25 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00132977 (Forest City 2 Nne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00132977, 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.