Preston Weather in January
Average highs run from 28°F on January 1 to 27°F on January 31, and lows from 14°F to 11°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.32 in over about 7 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
- 11°F
- Precipitation
- 1.32 in
- Snowfall
- 8.4 in
- Record high
- 61°FJan 27, 1944
- Record low
- -38°FJan 31, 2019
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 11 min to 10 h 00 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 16°F
- Wind
- 11.6 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 | 28°F | 14°F | 53°F 2007 | -21°F 1977 | 26% | 17% |
| Jan 2 | 28°F | 13°F | 52°F 1950 | -26°F 1979 | 26% | 17% |
| Jan 3 | 28°F | 13°F | 57°F 2000 | -21°F 1979 | 26% | 17% |
| Jan 4 | 27°F | 13°F | 56°F 1998 | -24°F 1919 | 26% | 18% |
| Jan 5 | 27°F | 13°F | 60°F 1997 | -28°F 1999 | 25% | 18% |
| Jan 6 | 27°F | 13°F | 54°F 2008 | -26°F 1910 | 25% | 18% |
| Jan 7 | 27°F | 12°F | 57°F 2008 | -31°F 1910 | 25% | 18% |
| Jan 8 | 27°F | 12°F | 60°F 2008 | -24°F 1979 | 25% | 18% |
| Jan 9 | 27°F | 12°F | 58°F 2026 | -22°F 1910 | 25% | 18% |
| Jan 10 | 27°F | 12°F | 55°F 1939 | -25°F 1982 | 25% | 18% |
| Jan 11 | 27°F | 12°F | 53°F 2012 | -29°F 1979 | 25% | 18% |
| Jan 12 | 26°F | 11°F | 57°F 2012 | -28°F 1974 | 25% | 18% |
| Jan 13 | 26°F | 11°F | 55°F 1960 | -25°F 1912 | 25% | 18% |
| Jan 14 | 26°F | 11°F | 58°F 1928 | -23°F 1957 | 24% | 18% |
| Jan 15 | 26°F | 11°F | 59°F 1949 | -28°F 2009 | 24% | 18% |
| Jan 16 | 26°F | 11°F | 54°F 1933 | -33°F 2009 | 24% | 18% |
| Jan 17 | 26°F | 11°F | 55°F 1990 | -27°F 1982 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 18 | 26°F | 11°F | 55°F 1996 | -27°F 1994 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 19 | 26°F | 11°F | 51°F 1981 | -20°F 1984 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 20 | 26°F | 11°F | 59°F 1906 | -26°F 1985 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 21 | 26°F | 11°F | 57°F 1957 | -26°F 1994 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 22 | 26°F | 11°F | 55°F 1964 | -35°F 1930 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 23 | 26°F | 11°F | 60°F 1909 | -24°F 1936 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 24 | 26°F | 11°F | 60°F 1967 | -19°F 1936 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 25 | 27°F | 11°F | 59°F 1967 | -23°F 1936 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 26 | 27°F | 11°F | 59°F 1944 | -30°F 2019 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 27 | 27°F | 11°F | 61°F 1944 | -29°F 2019 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 28 | 27°F | 11°F | 61°F 2002 | -26°F 1915 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 29 | 27°F | 11°F | 59°F 2013 | -23°F 2014 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 30 | 27°F | 11°F | 60°F 2013 | -29°F 2019 | 24% | 19% |
| Jan 31 | 27°F | 11°F | 55°F 2012 | -38°F 2019 | 24% | 19% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:30 AM, sunset 4:41 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:15 AM, sunset 5:15 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00135131 (Maquoketa), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00115901, 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.