Fair Plain Weather in January
Average highs run from 35°F on January 1 to 33°F on January 31, and lows from 22°F to 19°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.46 in over about 14 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
- 33°F
- Average low
- 20°F
- Precipitation
- 2.46 in
- Snowfall
- 29.5 in
- Record high
- 68°FJan 25, 1950
- Record low
- -18°FJan 21, 2019
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 11 min to 9 h 59 min
- Cloud cover
- 83%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 14.1 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 | 35°F | 22°F | 58°F 1897 | -10°F 1964 | 43% | 29% |
| Jan 2 | 35°F | 21°F | 60°F 2000 | -6°F 2018 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 3 | 34°F | 21°F | 66°F 1950 | -10°F 2014 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 4 | 34°F | 21°F | 62°F 1997 | -2°F 1979 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 5 | 34°F | 21°F | 59°F 2023 | -15°F 1999 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 6 | 34°F | 21°F | 60°F 2008 | -2°F 1979 | 43% | 31% |
| Jan 7 | 34°F | 20°F | 66°F 2008 | -10°F 1988 | 43% | 31% |
| Jan 8 | 34°F | 20°F | 65°F 2008 | -13°F 1988 | 43% | 31% |
| Jan 9 | 34°F | 20°F | 61°F 1965 | -9°F 1988 | 43% | 31% |
| Jan 10 | 34°F | 20°F | 62°F 2026 | -7°F 1962 | 43% | 32% |
| Jan 11 | 33°F | 20°F | 59°F 1975 | -10°F 1962 | 43% | 32% |
| Jan 12 | 33°F | 20°F | 63°F 2005 | 1°F 1977 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 13 | 33°F | 19°F | 60°F 2013 | -7°F 1977 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 14 | 33°F | 19°F | 53°F 1950 | -15°F 2015 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 15 | 33°F | 19°F | 60°F 1949 | -7°F 1972 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 16 | 33°F | 19°F | 60°F 1949 | -17°F 1994 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 17 | 33°F | 19°F | 59°F 1952 | -7°F 1893 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 18 | 33°F | 19°F | 57°F 1894 | -9°F 2009 | 41% | 32% |
| Jan 19 | 33°F | 19°F | 53°F 1973 | -17°F 1994 | 41% | 32% |
| Jan 20 | 33°F | 19°F | 56°F 1894 | -15°F 2009 | 41% | 32% |
| Jan 21 | 33°F | 19°F | 51°F 1894 | -18°F 2019 | 40% | 32% |
| Jan 22 | 33°F | 19°F | 63°F 2017 | -9°F 1970 | 40% | 32% |
| Jan 23 | 33°F | 19°F | 56°F 1967 | -15°F 1948 | 40% | 32% |
| Jan 24 | 33°F | 19°F | 64°F 1967 | -15°F 1948 | 40% | 32% |
| Jan 25 | 33°F | 19°F | 68°F 1950 | -8°F 1961 | 39% | 32% |
| Jan 26 | 33°F | 19°F | 66°F 1950 | -6°F 1897 | 39% | 32% |
| Jan 27 | 33°F | 19°F | 57°F 1944 | -3°F 1897 | 39% | 32% |
| Jan 28 | 33°F | 19°F | 57°F 1944 | -8°F 2014 | 39% | 32% |
| Jan 29 | 33°F | 19°F | 58°F 2013 | -8°F 1955 | 38% | 31% |
| Jan 30 | 33°F | 19°F | 59°F 2013 | -8°F 1949 | 38% | 31% |
| Jan 31 | 33°F | 19°F | 62°F 1989 | -13°F 2019 | 38% | 31% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:14 AM, sunset 5:25 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 8:00 AM, sunset 5:59 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00200710 (Benton Harbor AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00200710, 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.