Brown County climate

Brown County Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for New Ulm 2 Se, 20 km from Brown County

Average highs run from 24°F on January 1 to 25°F on January 31, and lows from 9°F to 7°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.67 in over about 7 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Brown County, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
24°F
Average low
7°F
Precipitation
0.67 in
Snowfall
7.8 in
Record high
65°FJan 24, 1981
Record low
-37°FJan 9, 1977
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
8 h 56 min to 9 h 49 min
Cloud cover
62%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
11°F
Wind
12.1 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 124°F9°F49°F 1913-36°F 197423%20%
Jan 224°F9°F50°F 1905-30°F 201022%20%
Jan 324°F8°F45°F 1926-31°F 191122%20%
Jan 424°F8°F49°F 1909-34°F 192422%20%
Jan 524°F8°F51°F 1933-27°F 197922%20%
Jan 624°F8°F52°F 1933-26°F 191222%20%
Jan 723°F8°F59°F 1933-28°F 191222%20%
Jan 823°F8°F55°F 2003-28°F 189422%20%
Jan 923°F7°F49°F 1958-37°F 197722%20%
Jan 1023°F7°F50°F 1896-26°F 198222%20%
Jan 1123°F7°F47°F 1987-30°F 197722%20%
Jan 1223°F7°F55°F 1987-34°F 191222%20%
Jan 1323°F7°F56°F 1987-32°F 191622%20%
Jan 1423°F7°F47°F 1908-30°F 191622%20%
Jan 1523°F7°F53°F 1908-37°F 196322%20%
Jan 1623°F7°F57°F 1908-27°F 196521%20%
Jan 1723°F6°F63°F 1908-29°F 198221%19%
Jan 1823°F6°F59°F 1908-37°F 198421%19%
Jan 1923°F6°F53°F 1908-37°F 197021%19%
Jan 2023°F6°F49°F 1921-28°F 193621%19%
Jan 2123°F6°F56°F 1944-37°F 197021%19%
Jan 2223°F6°F54°F 1900-32°F 193621%19%
Jan 2323°F6°F56°F 1942-32°F 193621%19%
Jan 2424°F6°F65°F 1981-35°F 193621%19%
Jan 2524°F6°F57°F 1981-32°F 189421%19%
Jan 2624°F6°F62°F 1944-28°F 190421%19%
Jan 2724°F7°F58°F 1947-33°F 192521%19%
Jan 2824°F7°F52°F 1931-30°F 192921%19%
Jan 2924°F7°F50°F 1919-26°F 196621%19%
Jan 3024°F7°F54°F 1964-28°F 195121%19%
Jan 3125°F7°F50°F 1931-29°F 191821%19%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Brown County, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

January 1
sunrise 7:55 AM, sunset 4:51 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 5:27 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00215887 (New Ulm 2 Se), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00215887, 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.