Reading Weather in January
Average highs run from 32°F on January 1 to 31°F on January 31, and lows from 18°F to 14°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.77 in over about 15 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
- 15°F
- Precipitation
- 2.77 in
- Snowfall
- 13.3 in
- Record high
- 67°FJan 25, 1950
- Record low
- -22°FJan 19, 1994
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 12 min to 10 h 01 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 89%
- Dew point
- 19°F
- Wind
- 13.0 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 | 18°F | 53°F 2007 | -11°F 1968 | 46% | 30% |
| Jan 2 | 32°F | 18°F | 50°F 2000 | -10°F 2001 | 46% | 30% |
| Jan 3 | 32°F | 17°F | 58°F 2004 | -19°F 1904 | 46% | 30% |
| Jan 4 | 31°F | 17°F | 56°F 1950 | -21°F 1981 | 46% | 30% |
| Jan 5 | 31°F | 17°F | 59°F 1997 | -14°F 2014 | 46% | 31% |
| Jan 6 | 31°F | 17°F | 56°F 1946 | -15°F 1924 | 46% | 31% |
| Jan 7 | 31°F | 16°F | 58°F 1907 | -17°F 2014 | 46% | 31% |
| Jan 8 | 31°F | 16°F | 61°F 2008 | -14°F 1981 | 46% | 32% |
| Jan 9 | 31°F | 16°F | 59°F 2008 | -14°F 2014 | 46% | 32% |
| Jan 10 | 31°F | 16°F | 60°F 2026 | -14°F 1982 | 47% | 32% |
| Jan 11 | 31°F | 16°F | 54°F 2020 | -18°F 1984 | 47% | 32% |
| Jan 12 | 31°F | 15°F | 60°F 1898 | -20°F 1918 | 47% | 32% |
| Jan 13 | 30°F | 15°F | 60°F 1950 | -15°F 1912 | 46% | 33% |
| Jan 14 | 30°F | 15°F | 58°F 1995 | -13°F 1893 | 46% | 33% |
| Jan 15 | 30°F | 15°F | 62°F 1932 | -16°F 1927 | 46% | 33% |
| Jan 16 | 30°F | 15°F | 55°F 1949 | -19°F 1972 | 46% | 33% |
| Jan 17 | 30°F | 15°F | 62°F 1952 | -17°F 1994 | 46% | 33% |
| Jan 18 | 30°F | 14°F | 59°F 1973 | -19°F 1976 | 46% | 33% |
| Jan 19 | 30°F | 14°F | 61°F 1907 | -22°F 1994 | 46% | 33% |
| Jan 20 | 30°F | 14°F | 53°F 1951 | -21°F 1994 | 46% | 34% |
| Jan 21 | 30°F | 14°F | 57°F 1934 | -20°F 1984 | 45% | 34% |
| Jan 22 | 30°F | 14°F | 57°F 2017 | -19°F 1984 | 45% | 34% |
| Jan 23 | 30°F | 14°F | 60°F 1909 | -13°F 1936 | 45% | 34% |
| Jan 24 | 30°F | 14°F | 60°F 1909 | -19°F 1963 | 45% | 33% |
| Jan 25 | 30°F | 14°F | 67°F 1950 | -19°F 1987 | 45% | 33% |
| Jan 26 | 30°F | 14°F | 65°F 1950 | -20°F 1987 | 44% | 33% |
| Jan 27 | 30°F | 14°F | 61°F 1916 | -17°F 1987 | 44% | 33% |
| Jan 28 | 30°F | 14°F | 57°F 2002 | -15°F 2003 | 44% | 33% |
| Jan 29 | 31°F | 14°F | 57°F 2002 | -11°F 1977 | 44% | 33% |
| Jan 30 | 31°F | 14°F | 58°F 2013 | -13°F 2019 | 43% | 33% |
| Jan 31 | 31°F | 14°F | 52°F 1988 | -18°F 2019 | 43% | 33% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:07 AM, sunset 5:19 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:52 AM, sunset 5:53 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00203823 (Hillsdale), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00203823, 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.