Westminster climate

Westminster Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Hanover 4 Sw, 22 km from Westminster

Average highs run from 40°F on January 1 to 40°F on January 31, and lows from 23°F to 21°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.02 in over about 10 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Westminster, in °F, with the record for each date.-20020406080151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
39°F
Average low
21°F
Precipitation
3.02 in
Snowfall
8.0 in
Record high
70°FJan 8, 2008
Record low
-14°FJan 19, 1994
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 26 min to 10 h 11 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
25°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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 140°F23°F58°F 2005-3°F 201832%10%
Jan 240°F23°F64°F 2005-3°F 201832%11%
Jan 340°F23°F67°F 20000°F 201833%11%
Jan 440°F22°F65°F 2000-1°F 201433%11%
Jan 540°F22°F67°F 19981°F 201433%11%
Jan 640°F22°F66°F 19973°F 199933%12%
Jan 740°F22°F67°F 2007-1°F 201433%12%
Jan 839°F22°F70°F 2008-1°F 201433%12%
Jan 939°F22°F67°F 19981°F 199633%12%
Jan 1039°F22°F62°F 19982°F 200433%12%
Jan 1139°F22°F57°F 2002-10°F 199633%13%
Jan 1239°F21°F61°F 2018-4°F 199633%13%
Jan 1339°F21°F67°F 20189°F 199733%13%
Jan 1439°F21°F67°F 20056°F 199733%13%
Jan 1539°F21°F69°F 19950°F 199433%14%
Jan 1639°F21°F64°F 1995-2°F 199433%14%
Jan 1739°F21°F57°F 20000°F 200933%14%
Jan 1839°F21°F59°F 2006-6°F 199433%14%
Jan 1939°F21°F57°F 1996-14°F 199433%15%
Jan 2039°F21°F57°F 1996-4°F 199433%15%
Jan 2139°F21°F60°F 2006-3°F 199433%15%
Jan 2239°F21°F61°F 2006-3°F 201433%15%
Jan 2339°F21°F61°F 2018-3°F 201433%16%
Jan 2439°F21°F67°F 1999-3°F 200534%16%
Jan 2539°F20°F60°F 2010-9°F 200434%16%
Jan 2639°F20°F60°F 2010-4°F 200434%16%
Jan 2739°F20°F57°F 20128°F 201433%16%
Jan 2839°F21°F67°F 20024°F 200033%16%
Jan 2939°F21°F66°F 19991°F 201433%16%
Jan 3040°F21°F70°F 2002-1°F 201433%16%
Jan 3140°F21°F66°F 2013-3°F 201933%16%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Westminster, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

January 1
sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 4:55 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 5:27 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00363665 (Hanover 4 Sw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00363665, 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.