Birmingham Weather in January
Average highs run from 33°F on January 1 to 31°F on January 31, and lows from 20°F to 16°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.18 in over about 13 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
- 31°F
- Average low
- 17°F
- Precipitation
- 2.18 in
- Snowfall
- 12.1 in
- Record high
- 66°FJan 25, 1950
- Record low
- -21°FJan 19, 1994
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 07 min to 9 h 57 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 20°F
- Wind
- 13.2 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 | 33°F | 20°F | 58°F 1966 | -9°F 1968 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 2 | 32°F | 20°F | 55°F 1897 | -3°F 1920 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 3 | 32°F | 20°F | 56°F 1950 | -7°F 1979 | 41% | 27% |
| Jan 4 | 32°F | 20°F | 56°F 1950 | -12°F 1981 | 41% | 27% |
| Jan 5 | 32°F | 19°F | 61°F 1997 | -8°F 1896 | 41% | 27% |
| Jan 6 | 32°F | 19°F | 56°F 1946 | -6°F 1924 | 41% | 27% |
| Jan 7 | 32°F | 19°F | 55°F 1946 | -9°F 1942 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 8 | 32°F | 18°F | 59°F 1965 | -12°F 2014 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 9 | 32°F | 18°F | 58°F 1965 | -8°F 2014 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 10 | 31°F | 18°F | 58°F 2026 | -9°F 1942 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 11 | 31°F | 18°F | 54°F 1975 | -11°F 1982 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 12 | 31°F | 18°F | 55°F 2013 | -18°F 1918 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 13 | 31°F | 17°F | 59°F 1950 | -13°F 1912 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 14 | 31°F | 17°F | 59°F 1950 | -8°F 1929 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 15 | 31°F | 17°F | 54°F 1953 | -14°F 1927 | 40% | 28% |
| Jan 16 | 31°F | 17°F | 55°F 1953 | -13°F 1972 | 40% | 29% |
| Jan 17 | 31°F | 17°F | 59°F 1952 | -15°F 1982 | 40% | 29% |
| Jan 18 | 31°F | 16°F | 58°F 1952 | -11°F 1994 | 40% | 29% |
| Jan 19 | 31°F | 16°F | 62°F 1907 | -21°F 1994 | 40% | 29% |
| Jan 20 | 31°F | 16°F | 58°F 1906 | -11°F 1994 | 40% | 28% |
| Jan 21 | 31°F | 16°F | 64°F 1906 | -15°F 1985 | 39% | 29% |
| Jan 22 | 31°F | 16°F | 60°F 1906 | -15°F 1984 | 39% | 28% |
| Jan 23 | 31°F | 16°F | 59°F 1909 | -14°F 1907 | 39% | 28% |
| Jan 24 | 31°F | 16°F | 61°F 1909 | -15°F 1963 | 39% | 28% |
| Jan 25 | 31°F | 16°F | 66°F 1950 | -13°F 1897 | 39% | 28% |
| Jan 26 | 31°F | 16°F | 64°F 1950 | -10°F 1927 | 39% | 28% |
| Jan 27 | 31°F | 16°F | 62°F 1916 | -12°F 1936 | 38% | 28% |
| Jan 28 | 31°F | 16°F | 58°F 1916 | -11°F 1925 | 38% | 28% |
| Jan 29 | 31°F | 16°F | 52°F 1914 | -9°F 1966 | 38% | 28% |
| Jan 30 | 31°F | 16°F | 60°F 2013 | -11°F 1915 | 38% | 27% |
| Jan 31 | 31°F | 16°F | 58°F 1989 | -13°F 2019 | 38% | 27% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:03 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:48 AM, sunset 5:45 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00206658 (Pontiac Wwtp), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00206658, 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.