Monterey Weather in January
Average highs run from 32°F on January 1 to 32°F on January 31, and lows from 15°F to 12°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.54 in.
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
- 32°F
- Average low
- 13°F
- Precipitation
- 3.54 in
- Snowfall
- 17.8 in
- Record high
- 65°FJan 6, 1933
- Record low
- -22°FJan 15, 1957
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 10 min to 9 h 59 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 91%
- Dew point
- 20°F
- Wind
- 6.3 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 | 32°F | 15°F | 57°F 1933 | -11°F 1964 | 28% | |
| Jan 2 | 32°F | 15°F | 54°F 2000 | -15°F 1968 | 28% | |
| Jan 3 | 32°F | 15°F | 55°F 1930 | -7°F 2014 | 29% | |
| Jan 4 | 32°F | 15°F | 60°F 1950 | -9°F 2014 | 29% | |
| Jan 5 | 32°F | 14°F | 57°F 1950 | -8°F 1938 | 29% | |
| Jan 6 | 32°F | 14°F | 65°F 1933 | -6°F 2018 | 29% | |
| Jan 7 | 32°F | 14°F | 65°F 1933 | -10°F 2018 | 29% | |
| Jan 8 | 32°F | 14°F | 63°F 1933 | -18°F 1968 | 30% | |
| Jan 9 | 31°F | 14°F | 60°F 1930 | -20°F 1968 | 30% | |
| Jan 10 | 31°F | 13°F | 58°F 1937 | -13°F 1968 | 30% | |
| Jan 11 | 31°F | 13°F | 62°F 2020 | -13°F 1968 | 30% | |
| Jan 12 | 31°F | 13°F | 64°F 2020 | -16°F 1968 | 30% | |
| Jan 13 | 31°F | 13°F | 59°F 2018 | -12°F 1968 | 30% | |
| Jan 14 | 31°F | 13°F | 64°F 1932 | -15°F 2004 | 30% | |
| Jan 15 | 31°F | 13°F | 61°F 1932 | -22°F 1957 | 30% | |
| Jan 16 | 31°F | 12°F | 58°F 1937 | -12°F 2004 | 30% | |
| Jan 17 | 31°F | 12°F | 47°F 1932 | -11°F 2009 | 30% | |
| Jan 18 | 31°F | 12°F | 57°F 2006 | -20°F 1957 | 30% | |
| Jan 19 | 31°F | 12°F | 55°F 1949 | -16°F 1938 | 30% | |
| Jan 20 | 31°F | 12°F | 56°F 1951 | -11°F 1946 | 31% | |
| Jan 21 | 31°F | 12°F | 56°F 1959 | -11°F 2005 | 31% | |
| Jan 22 | 31°F | 12°F | 56°F 1959 | -16°F 1961 | 31% | |
| Jan 23 | 31°F | 12°F | 57°F 1957 | -17°F 1961 | 31% | |
| Jan 24 | 32°F | 12°F | 54°F 1967 | -14°F 2011 | 31% | |
| Jan 25 | 32°F | 12°F | 54°F 2010 | -18°F 1945 | 31% | |
| Jan 26 | 32°F | 12°F | 61°F 1950 | -15°F 1945 | 31% | |
| Jan 27 | 32°F | 12°F | 50°F 1944 | -12°F 1935 | 30% | |
| Jan 28 | 32°F | 12°F | 53°F 2002 | -16°F 1935 | 30% | |
| Jan 29 | 32°F | 12°F | 54°F 2002 | -12°F 1934 | 30% | |
| Jan 30 | 32°F | 12°F | 57°F 1947 | -16°F 1948 | 30% | |
| Jan 31 | 32°F | 12°F | 58°F 2013 | -14°F 1948 | 30% |
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 4:32 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:06 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00194131 (Lenox Dale), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014763, 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.