Vassar Weather in January
Average highs run from 31°F on January 1 to 30°F on January 31, and lows from 16°F to 10°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.96 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
- 30°F
- Average low
- 12°F
- Precipitation
- 1.96 in
- Snowfall
- 13.7 in
- Record high
- 73°FJan 6, 1939
- Record low
- -25°FJan 18, 1976
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 02 min to 9 h 54 min
- Cloud cover
- 71%
- Humidity
- 88%
- 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 | 31°F | 16°F | 58°F 2005 | -14°F 1964 | 43% | 28% |
| Jan 2 | 31°F | 16°F | 58°F 2005 | -14°F 2001 | 43% | 28% |
| Jan 3 | 31°F | 16°F | 58°F 1950 | -14°F 1981 | 43% | 28% |
| Jan 4 | 31°F | 15°F | 58°F 1950 | -18°F 1958 | 43% | 29% |
| Jan 5 | 30°F | 15°F | 68°F 1939 | -11°F 1958 | 43% | 29% |
| Jan 6 | 30°F | 15°F | 73°F 1939 | -15°F 1945 | 43% | 29% |
| Jan 7 | 30°F | 14°F | 60°F 1939 | -15°F 2018 | 43% | 29% |
| Jan 8 | 30°F | 14°F | 62°F 1939 | -17°F 1968 | 43% | 29% |
| Jan 9 | 30°F | 14°F | 63°F 1939 | -17°F 2014 | 43% | 29% |
| Jan 10 | 30°F | 13°F | 59°F 2026 | -17°F 2014 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 11 | 30°F | 13°F | 52°F 2018 | -22°F 1984 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 12 | 30°F | 13°F | 58°F 2018 | -12°F 2001 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 13 | 30°F | 12°F | 60°F 1950 | -14°F 1974 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 14 | 29°F | 12°F | 56°F 1995 | -15°F 1970 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 15 | 29°F | 12°F | 58°F 1953 | -15°F 1963 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 16 | 29°F | 12°F | 55°F 1953 | -22°F 1984 | 43% | 30% |
| Jan 17 | 29°F | 11°F | 59°F 1952 | -14°F 1982 | 42% | 30% |
| Jan 18 | 29°F | 11°F | 56°F 1973 | -25°F 1976 | 42% | 30% |
| Jan 19 | 29°F | 11°F | 56°F 1973 | -20°F 1984 | 42% | 30% |
| Jan 20 | 29°F | 11°F | 47°F 1988 | -15°F 1970 | 42% | 30% |
| Jan 21 | 29°F | 11°F | 49°F 1933 | -24°F 1984 | 42% | 30% |
| Jan 22 | 29°F | 11°F | 54°F 1933 | -16°F 1970 | 42% | 29% |
| Jan 23 | 29°F | 10°F | 56°F 1967 | -11°F 1948 | 42% | 29% |
| Jan 24 | 29°F | 10°F | 51°F 1967 | -16°F 2026 | 42% | 29% |
| Jan 25 | 29°F | 10°F | 65°F 1950 | -15°F 2026 | 42% | 29% |
| Jan 26 | 29°F | 10°F | 65°F 1944 | -20°F 1959 | 42% | 29% |
| Jan 27 | 30°F | 10°F | 63°F 1944 | -15°F 1943 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 28 | 30°F | 10°F | 55°F 2002 | -17°F 1963 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 29 | 30°F | 10°F | 54°F 1932 | -16°F 1966 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 30 | 30°F | 10°F | 57°F 2013 | -21°F 1951 | 41% | 28% |
| Jan 31 | 30°F | 10°F | 57°F 1989 | -22°F 1994 | 41% | 28% |
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 5:09 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 5:45 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00208443 (Vassar), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00201299, 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.