Hill City Weather in January
Average highs run from 41°F on January 1 to 42°F on January 31, and lows from 16°F to 16°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.51 in over about 3 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
- 41°F
- Average low
- 16°F
- Precipitation
- 0.51 in
- Snowfall
- 3.3 in
- Record high
- 83°FJan 27, 2015
- Record low
- -24°FJan 12, 1912
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 28 min to 10 h 12 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 68%
- Dew point
- 20°F
- Wind
- 10.7 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 | 16°F | 72°F 1939 | -16°F 1974 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 2 | 41°F | 16°F | 73°F 1964 | -15°F 1942 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 3 | 41°F | 16°F | 73°F 2006 | -17°F 1959 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 4 | 41°F | 16°F | 73°F 2026 | -22°F 1959 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 5 | 41°F | 16°F | 75°F 1927 | -20°F 1924 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 6 | 41°F | 16°F | 65°F 2026 | -19°F 1912 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 7 | 41°F | 16°F | 72°F 1965 | -13°F 1912 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 8 | 41°F | 16°F | 74°F 2003 | -16°F 1942 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 9 | 41°F | 16°F | 73°F 1916 | -11°F 1937 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 10 | 41°F | 16°F | 74°F 1928 | -10°F 1930 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 11 | 41°F | 16°F | 73°F 2004 | -22°F 1918 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 12 | 41°F | 16°F | 72°F 1953 | -24°F 1912 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 13 | 41°F | 16°F | 71°F 1928 | -16°F 1916 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 14 | 41°F | 16°F | 64°F 1934 | -10°F 1972 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 15 | 41°F | 16°F | 71°F 2006 | -11°F 2024 | 9% | 6% |
| Jan 16 | 41°F | 16°F | 69°F 1913 | -15°F 1930 | 10% | 6% |
| Jan 17 | 41°F | 16°F | 64°F 1923 | -15°F 1930 | 10% | 6% |
| Jan 18 | 41°F | 16°F | 71°F 1920 | -15°F 1940 | 10% | 6% |
| Jan 19 | 41°F | 16°F | 70°F 2018 | -19°F 1943 | 10% | 6% |
| Jan 20 | 41°F | 16°F | 70°F 1964 | -17°F 1962 | 10% | 6% |
| Jan 21 | 41°F | 16°F | 70°F 1943 | -16°F 1966 | 10% | 6% |
| Jan 22 | 42°F | 16°F | 81°F 1943 | -17°F 1966 | 10% | 6% |
| Jan 23 | 42°F | 16°F | 73°F 1981 | -13°F 1915 | 10% | 6% |
| Jan 24 | 42°F | 16°F | 72°F 1981 | -13°F 2026 | 11% | 6% |
| Jan 25 | 42°F | 16°F | 73°F 1968 | -16°F 2026 | 11% | 6% |
| Jan 26 | 42°F | 16°F | 76°F 2002 | -15°F 1950 | 11% | 6% |
| Jan 27 | 42°F | 16°F | 83°F 2015 | -17°F 1963 | 11% | 6% |
| Jan 28 | 42°F | 16°F | 73°F 1968 | -15°F 1918 | 11% | 6% |
| Jan 29 | 42°F | 16°F | 71°F 1931 | -11°F 1916 | 12% | 6% |
| Jan 30 | 42°F | 16°F | 73°F 2012 | -13°F 1918 | 12% | 6% |
| Jan 31 | 42°F | 16°F | 69°F 1962 | -14°F 1918 | 12% | 6% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:59 AM, sunset 5:27 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:47 AM, sunset 5:59 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00143665 (Hill City 1E), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093990, 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.