Grand Traverse County Weather in January
Average highs run from 31°F on January 1 to 29°F on January 31, and lows from 20°F to 15°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.67 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
- 29°F
- Average low
- 17°F
- Precipitation
- 1.67 in
- Snowfall
- 32.3 in
- Record high
- 59°FJan 26, 1944
- Record low
- -21°FJan 12, 1964
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 53 min to 9 h 48 min
- Cloud cover
- 76%
- Humidity
- 91%
- Dew point
- 17°F
- Wind
- 12.8 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 | 31°F | 20°F | 55°F 1903 | -7°F 1968 | 46% | 49% |
| Jan 2 | 31°F | 19°F | 55°F 1897 | -8°F 1982 | 46% | 50% |
| Jan 3 | 31°F | 19°F | 54°F 1897 | -13°F 1918 | 46% | 50% |
| Jan 4 | 31°F | 19°F | 49°F 2007 | -8°F 1981 | 46% | 51% |
| Jan 5 | 30°F | 19°F | 49°F 1946 | -11°F 1972 | 46% | 51% |
| Jan 6 | 30°F | 19°F | 51°F 1946 | -10°F 1912 | 46% | 52% |
| Jan 7 | 30°F | 18°F | 50°F 2008 | -17°F 1943 | 46% | 52% |
| Jan 8 | 30°F | 18°F | 50°F 2026 | -18°F 1968 | 46% | 53% |
| Jan 9 | 30°F | 18°F | 55°F 2026 | -8°F 1994 | 46% | 53% |
| Jan 10 | 30°F | 18°F | 51°F 1939 | -11°F 1979 | 46% | 53% |
| Jan 11 | 30°F | 18°F | 55°F 2018 | -15°F 1979 | 46% | 54% |
| Jan 12 | 29°F | 17°F | 55°F 2013 | -21°F 1964 | 46% | 54% |
| Jan 13 | 29°F | 17°F | 49°F 1932 | -14°F 2015 | 46% | 55% |
| Jan 14 | 29°F | 17°F | 48°F 1932 | -16°F 1982 | 45% | 55% |
| Jan 15 | 29°F | 17°F | 52°F 1949 | -19°F 1982 | 45% | 55% |
| Jan 16 | 29°F | 17°F | 53°F 1949 | -15°F 1965 | 45% | 56% |
| Jan 17 | 29°F | 17°F | 49°F 1914 | -11°F 1945 | 45% | 56% |
| Jan 18 | 29°F | 17°F | 56°F 1996 | -13°F 1918 | 45% | 56% |
| Jan 19 | 29°F | 16°F | 50°F 1907 | -21°F 1994 | 45% | 57% |
| Jan 20 | 29°F | 16°F | 55°F 1901 | -12°F 1984 | 45% | 57% |
| Jan 21 | 29°F | 16°F | 50°F 1906 | -20°F 1984 | 44% | 57% |
| Jan 22 | 29°F | 16°F | 49°F 1933 | -10°F 1954 | 44% | 57% |
| Jan 23 | 29°F | 16°F | 48°F 1967 | -12°F 1948 | 44% | 57% |
| Jan 24 | 29°F | 16°F | 54°F 1950 | -10°F 1948 | 44% | 57% |
| Jan 25 | 29°F | 16°F | 55°F 1950 | -15°F 1904 | 44% | 57% |
| Jan 26 | 29°F | 16°F | 59°F 1944 | -14°F 1927 | 44% | 57% |
| Jan 27 | 29°F | 16°F | 55°F 1916 | -19°F 1918 | 43% | 57% |
| Jan 28 | 29°F | 15°F | 55°F 1916 | -14°F 1915 | 43% | 57% |
| Jan 29 | 29°F | 15°F | 51°F 2013 | -11°F 1951 | 43% | 57% |
| Jan 30 | 29°F | 15°F | 50°F 2025 | -20°F 1951 | 43% | 57% |
| Jan 31 | 29°F | 15°F | 52°F 2012 | -20°F 1918 | 43% | 57% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:19 AM, sunset 5:12 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 8:02 AM, sunset 5:50 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00014850 (Traverse City Cherry Cptl AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014850, 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.