O'Brien County Weather in January
Average highs run from 27°F on January 1 to 28°F on January 31, and lows from 11°F to 10°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.82 in over about 4 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
- 27°F
- Average low
- 9°F
- Precipitation
- 0.82 in
- Snowfall
- 8.4 in
- Record high
- 69°FJan 9, 2002
- Record low
- -32°FJan 3, 1911
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 04 min to 9 h 55 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 13°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 | 27°F | 11°F | 48°F 1913 | -28°F 1974 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 2 | 27°F | 11°F | 51°F 1964 | -30°F 2010 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 3 | 27°F | 11°F | 51°F 1909 | -32°F 1911 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 4 | 27°F | 10°F | 50°F 1964 | -27°F 2010 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 5 | 27°F | 10°F | 50°F 1900 | -24°F 1942 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 6 | 27°F | 10°F | 60°F 2012 | -31°F 1988 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 7 | 26°F | 10°F | 48°F 1990 | -27°F 1942 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 8 | 26°F | 10°F | 56°F 2003 | -19°F 1970 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 9 | 26°F | 10°F | 69°F 2002 | -28°F 1974 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 10 | 26°F | 9°F | 53°F 1990 | -28°F 1982 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 11 | 26°F | 9°F | 57°F 2012 | -18°F 1977 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 12 | 26°F | 9°F | 52°F 1928 | -24°F 1974 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 13 | 26°F | 9°F | 56°F 1980 | -21°F 1913 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 14 | 26°F | 9°F | 52°F 1944 | -27°F 1972 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 15 | 26°F | 9°F | 54°F 1990 | -32°F 1972 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 16 | 26°F | 9°F | 47°F 1951 | -27°F 2009 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 17 | 26°F | 9°F | 47°F 1944 | -25°F 1930 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 18 | 26°F | 9°F | 51°F 1944 | -26°F 1940 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 19 | 26°F | 9°F | 49°F 1900 | -29°F 1970 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 20 | 27°F | 9°F | 60°F 1944 | -24°F 1962 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 21 | 27°F | 9°F | 51°F 1944 | -29°F 1970 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 22 | 27°F | 9°F | 54°F 1989 | -27°F 1936 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 23 | 27°F | 9°F | 57°F 1981 | -23°F 1935 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 24 | 27°F | 9°F | 66°F 1981 | -27°F 1904 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 25 | 27°F | 9°F | 65°F 1944 | -27°F 1905 | 13% | 12% |
| Jan 26 | 27°F | 9°F | 53°F 1947 | -25°F 1950 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 27 | 27°F | 9°F | 66°F 2002 | -23°F 1902 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 28 | 27°F | 9°F | 56°F 1931 | -21°F 1972 | 13% | 11% |
| Jan 29 | 28°F | 9°F | 61°F 1931 | -28°F 1966 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 30 | 28°F | 10°F | 54°F 1964 | -25°F 2019 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 31 | 28°F | 10°F | 53°F 1906 | -28°F 1994 | 14% | 11% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:54 AM, sunset 4:58 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:39 AM, sunset 5:34 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00136800 (Primghar), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00137594, 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.