Oakland Weather in January
Average highs run from 38°F on January 1 to 37°F on January 31, and lows from 21°F to 18°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.90 in over about 17 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
- 37°F
- Average low
- 18°F
- Precipitation
- 3.90 in
- Snowfall
- 30.2 in
- Record high
- 75°FJan 29, 1914
- Record low
- -40°FJan 13, 1912
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 27 min to 10 h 11 min
- Cloud cover
- 77%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 23°F
- Wind
- 7.6 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 | 38°F | 21°F | 71°F 1985 | -3°F 1918 | 54% | 32% |
| Jan 2 | 38°F | 20°F | 65°F 2000 | -23°F 1968 | 54% | 32% |
| Jan 3 | 38°F | 20°F | 64°F 2023 | -30°F 1918 | 54% | 32% |
| Jan 4 | 37°F | 20°F | 72°F 2023 | -17°F 2018 | 54% | 33% |
| Jan 5 | 37°F | 20°F | 69°F 2023 | -19°F 1919 | 55% | 33% |
| Jan 6 | 37°F | 20°F | 68°F 1946 | -12°F 1912 | 55% | 34% |
| Jan 7 | 37°F | 19°F | 64°F 1998 | -16°F 2018 | 55% | 34% |
| Jan 8 | 37°F | 19°F | 69°F 1937 | -19°F 1942 | 55% | 34% |
| Jan 9 | 37°F | 19°F | 66°F 1946 | -14°F 1981 | 55% | 35% |
| Jan 10 | 37°F | 19°F | 60°F 1950 | -21°F 1908 | 55% | 35% |
| Jan 11 | 37°F | 19°F | 65°F 2020 | -16°F 1988 | 55% | 35% |
| Jan 12 | 37°F | 18°F | 68°F 2020 | -12°F 1962 | 55% | 35% |
| Jan 13 | 36°F | 18°F | 68°F 1932 | -40°F 1912 | 55% | 35% |
| Jan 14 | 36°F | 18°F | 71°F 1932 | -24°F 1912 | 55% | 35% |
| Jan 15 | 36°F | 18°F | 65°F 1937 | -13°F 1948 | 55% | 36% |
| Jan 16 | 36°F | 18°F | 67°F 2020 | -14°F 1972 | 56% | 36% |
| Jan 17 | 36°F | 18°F | 64°F 1932 | -21°F 1982 | 56% | 36% |
| Jan 18 | 36°F | 18°F | 62°F 1929 | -18°F 2009 | 56% | 36% |
| Jan 19 | 36°F | 18°F | 67°F 1907 | -23°F 1994 | 55% | 36% |
| Jan 20 | 36°F | 18°F | 67°F 1951 | -15°F 1985 | 55% | 36% |
| Jan 21 | 36°F | 18°F | 72°F 1906 | -28°F 1918 | 55% | 36% |
| Jan 22 | 36°F | 17°F | 69°F 1906 | -20°F 2025 | 55% | 36% |
| Jan 23 | 36°F | 17°F | 68°F 1999 | -20°F 1978 | 55% | 36% |
| Jan 24 | 36°F | 17°F | 67°F 1950 | -20°F 1963 | 55% | 36% |
| Jan 25 | 37°F | 17°F | 74°F 1950 | -20°F 1936 | 55% | 36% |
| Jan 26 | 37°F | 17°F | 69°F 1950 | -15°F 1948 | 55% | 36% |
| Jan 27 | 37°F | 17°F | 67°F 1916 | -22°F 2022 | 54% | 36% |
| Jan 28 | 37°F | 17°F | 64°F 1914 | -31°F 1925 | 54% | 36% |
| Jan 29 | 37°F | 17°F | 75°F 1914 | -27°F 1963 | 54% | 36% |
| Jan 30 | 37°F | 18°F | 66°F 1947 | -10°F 1955 | 54% | 35% |
| Jan 31 | 37°F | 18°F | 73°F 2002 | -23°F 2026 | 53% | 35% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 5:05 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 5:37 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00186620 (Oakland 1 Se), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00186620, 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.