Dorchester County Weather in January
Average highs run from 47°F on January 1 to 45°F on January 31, and lows from 31°F to 29°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.91 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
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 2.91 in
- Snowfall
- 3.9 in
- Record high
- 77°FJan 25, 1950
- Record low
- -6°FJan 18, 1982
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 33 min to 10 h 16 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 30°F
- Wind
- 10.5 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 | 47°F | 31°F | 67°F 1966 | 14°F 2018 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 2 | 47°F | 31°F | 67°F 2022 | 9°F 1968 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 3 | 46°F | 31°F | 68°F 2000 | 9°F 2018 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 4 | 46°F | 30°F | 70°F 1950 | 8°F 2014 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 5 | 46°F | 30°F | 67°F 1950 | 11°F 1981 | 31% | 4% |
| Jan 6 | 46°F | 30°F | 70°F 1950 | 9°F 2018 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 7 | 46°F | 30°F | 70°F 2008 | 3°F 2018 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 8 | 46°F | 30°F | 68°F 2008 | 10°F 1970 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 9 | 46°F | 30°F | 66°F 2008 | 6°F 1970 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 10 | 46°F | 30°F | 67°F 1950 | 6°F 1982 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 11 | 45°F | 30°F | 69°F 2020 | 4°F 1982 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 12 | 45°F | 30°F | 67°F 2017 | 6°F 1981 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 13 | 45°F | 30°F | 66°F 2005 | 2°F 1981 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 14 | 45°F | 29°F | 70°F 2007 | 12°F 1964 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 15 | 45°F | 29°F | 70°F 1952 | 5°F 1988 | 31% | 5% |
| Jan 16 | 45°F | 29°F | 69°F 1953 | 5°F 1972 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 17 | 45°F | 29°F | 60°F 1990 | -5°F 1982 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 18 | 45°F | 29°F | 67°F 2006 | -6°F 1982 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 19 | 45°F | 29°F | 67°F 1951 | -2°F 1994 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 20 | 45°F | 29°F | 68°F 1951 | 4°F 1994 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 21 | 45°F | 29°F | 63°F 1951 | -2°F 1985 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 22 | 45°F | 29°F | 63°F 2018 | -4°F 1984 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 23 | 45°F | 29°F | 68°F 1999 | 7°F 2014 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 24 | 45°F | 29°F | 72°F 1967 | 6°F 1963 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 25 | 45°F | 29°F | 77°F 1950 | 9°F 1961 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 26 | 45°F | 29°F | 76°F 2024 | 8°F 1961 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 27 | 45°F | 29°F | 71°F 1950 | 6°F 1961 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 28 | 45°F | 29°F | 69°F 1949 | 1°F 1987 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 29 | 45°F | 29°F | 72°F 2002 | 2°F 1961 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 30 | 45°F | 29°F | 77°F 2002 | 0°F 2014 | 31% | 6% |
| Jan 31 | 45°F | 29°F | 66°F 2002 | 7°F 1965 | 31% | 6% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:22 AM, sunset 4:55 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:10 AM, sunset 5:26 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00013721 (Patuxent River Nas), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00187806, 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.