Stanford Weather in January
Average highs run from 45°F on January 1 to 46°F on January 31, and lows from 28°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.67 in over about 10 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
- 45°F
- Average low
- 27°F
- Precipitation
- 3.67 in
- Snowfall
- 3.0 in
- Record high
- 79°FJan 24, 1943
- Record low
- -20°FJan 20, 1994
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 38 min to 10 h 19 min
- Cloud cover
- 72%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 7.8 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 45°F | 28°F | 74°F 1952 | 3°F 1977 | 31% | 3% |
| Jan 2 | 45°F | 28°F | 73°F 1952 | -4°F 2018 | 31% | 3% |
| Jan 3 | 45°F | 28°F | 70°F 2000 | -4°F 2018 | 31% | 3% |
| Jan 4 | 44°F | 28°F | 68°F 1997 | 2°F 1979 | 31% | 3% |
| Jan 5 | 44°F | 27°F | 67°F 1950 | -3°F 1959 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 6 | 44°F | 27°F | 73°F 1946 | -8°F 1940 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 7 | 44°F | 27°F | 70°F 2008 | -4°F 1970 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 8 | 44°F | 27°F | 73°F 1937 | -12°F 1942 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 9 | 44°F | 27°F | 71°F 1949 | -4°F 1976 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 10 | 44°F | 27°F | 70°F 1949 | -11°F 1982 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 11 | 44°F | 27°F | 69°F 1975 | -10°F 1982 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 12 | 44°F | 27°F | 67°F 2005 | -6°F 1962 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 13 | 44°F | 27°F | 69°F 1960 | -4°F 1954 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 14 | 44°F | 27°F | 69°F 1972 | -1°F 1954 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 15 | 44°F | 27°F | 68°F 1937 | -2°F 1979 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 16 | 44°F | 26°F | 72°F 1949 | -10°F 1972 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 17 | 44°F | 26°F | 67°F 2020 | -15°F 1977 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 18 | 44°F | 26°F | 71°F 1949 | -15°F 1977 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 19 | 44°F | 26°F | 64°F 1986 | -19°F 1994 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 20 | 44°F | 26°F | 68°F 1951 | -20°F 1994 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 21 | 45°F | 26°F | 68°F 1951 | -14°F 1984 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 22 | 45°F | 26°F | 75°F 1999 | -9°F 1985 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 23 | 45°F | 26°F | 75°F 1999 | -12°F 1936 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 24 | 45°F | 27°F | 79°F 1943 | -19°F 1963 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 25 | 45°F | 27°F | 72°F 1967 | -19°F 1963 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 26 | 45°F | 27°F | 77°F 1950 | -4°F 1940 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 27 | 45°F | 27°F | 75°F 1944 | -11°F 1936 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 28 | 46°F | 27°F | 70°F 1944 | -12°F 1936 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 29 | 46°F | 27°F | 71°F 1947 | -12°F 1963 | 31% | 3% |
| Jan 30 | 46°F | 27°F | 71°F 1975 | -12°F 1966 | 31% | 3% |
| Jan 31 | 46°F | 27°F | 71°F 2002 | -12°F 1966 | 31% | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:53 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:43 AM, sunset 6:02 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00151890 (Crab Orchard 6 N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00152040, 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.