Ellsworth Weather in January
Average highs run from 41°F on January 1 to 44°F on January 31, and lows from 18°F to 18°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.83 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
- 42°F
- Average low
- 18°F
- Precipitation
- 0.83 in
- Snowfall
- 3.8 in
- Record high
- 83°FJan 28, 2015
- Record low
- -30°FJan 8, 1913
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 31 min to 10 h 14 min
- Cloud cover
- 57%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 21°F
- Wind
- 11.0 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 | 41°F | 18°F | 70°F 1939 | -10°F 1974 | 12% | 7% |
| Jan 2 | 41°F | 18°F | 76°F 1939 | -25°F 1979 | 12% | 7% |
| Jan 3 | 41°F | 18°F | 64°F 1939 | -24°F 1911 | 12% | 7% |
| Jan 4 | 41°F | 18°F | 73°F 1916 | -25°F 1947 | 12% | 7% |
| Jan 5 | 41°F | 18°F | 68°F 1956 | -18°F 1924 | 12% | 7% |
| Jan 6 | 41°F | 18°F | 71°F 1956 | -19°F 1912 | 12% | 7% |
| Jan 7 | 41°F | 18°F | 70°F 1965 | -18°F 1912 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 8 | 42°F | 18°F | 75°F 2006 | -30°F 1913 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 9 | 42°F | 18°F | 72°F 2002 | -17°F 1988 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 10 | 42°F | 17°F | 77°F 1990 | -14°F 1982 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 11 | 42°F | 17°F | 70°F 1911 | -18°F 1918 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 12 | 42°F | 17°F | 68°F 2006 | -24°F 1912 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 13 | 42°F | 17°F | 75°F 1928 | -15°F 1916 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 14 | 42°F | 17°F | 67°F 1990 | -20°F 1905 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 15 | 42°F | 17°F | 68°F 1943 | -24°F 1905 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 16 | 42°F | 17°F | 70°F 1938 | -12°F 2024 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 17 | 42°F | 17°F | 72°F 1986 | -14°F 2024 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 18 | 42°F | 17°F | 68°F 1920 | -12°F 1940 | 13% | 7% |
| Jan 19 | 42°F | 17°F | 72°F 1951 | -16°F 1943 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 20 | 42°F | 17°F | 73°F 1986 | -19°F 1962 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 21 | 43°F | 17°F | 67°F 1964 | -10°F 1930 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 22 | 43°F | 17°F | 70°F 1943 | -14°F 1930 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 23 | 43°F | 17°F | 73°F 1981 | -8°F 1962 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 24 | 43°F | 18°F | 76°F 1981 | -10°F 1963 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 25 | 43°F | 18°F | 70°F 1935 | -11°F 1905 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 26 | 43°F | 18°F | 72°F 1914 | -7°F 1907 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 27 | 43°F | 18°F | 78°F 1951 | -21°F 1963 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 28 | 43°F | 18°F | 83°F 2015 | -16°F 1948 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 29 | 43°F | 18°F | 75°F 2013 | -8°F 1979 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 30 | 44°F | 18°F | 69°F 1989 | -8°F 1918 | 14% | 7% |
| Jan 31 | 44°F | 18°F | 76°F 1989 | -24°F 1979 | 14% | 7% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 5:22 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:40 AM, sunset 5:54 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00142459 (Ellsworth), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00142459, 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.