Faribault County climate

Faribault County Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Wells, 18.8 km from Faribault County

Average highs run from 25°F on January 1 to 25°F on January 31, and lows from 7°F to 5°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.71 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 Faribault County, in °F, with the record for each date.-40-20020406080151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
24°F
Average low
5°F
Precipitation
0.71 in
Snowfall
8.5 in
Record high
64°FJan 24, 1981
Record low
-35°FJan 12, 1912
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 01 min to 9 h 53 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
88%
Dew point
12°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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 125°F7°F48°F 1964-28°F 197423%18%
Jan 225°F7°F47°F 1964-26°F 201023%18%
Jan 324°F6°F43°F 1909-27°F 191923%18%
Jan 424°F6°F47°F 1964-22°F 194223%18%
Jan 524°F6°F46°F 1930-29°F 192422%18%
Jan 624°F6°F49°F 1933-26°F 198822%18%
Jan 724°F5°F60°F 2003-29°F 191222%18%
Jan 824°F5°F56°F 2002-19°F 197022%18%
Jan 924°F5°F51°F 2002-27°F 198222%18%
Jan 1024°F5°F49°F 1896-29°F 198222%18%
Jan 1124°F5°F54°F 2012-27°F 191222%18%
Jan 1224°F4°F49°F 1987-35°F 191222%18%
Jan 1324°F4°F56°F 1987-29°F 191622%18%
Jan 1424°F4°F53°F 1914-25°F 197222%18%
Jan 1523°F4°F53°F 1914-29°F 197222%18%
Jan 1623°F4°F47°F 2012-24°F 197722%18%
Jan 1723°F4°F45°F 1944-24°F 197022%18%
Jan 1824°F4°F51°F 1919-30°F 197022%18%
Jan 1924°F4°F49°F 1921-32°F 197022%17%
Jan 2024°F4°F52°F 1944-28°F 197022%17%
Jan 2124°F4°F51°F 1964-33°F 197022%17%
Jan 2224°F4°F49°F 1900-30°F 193622%17%
Jan 2324°F4°F55°F 1981-27°F 193522%17%
Jan 2424°F4°F64°F 1981-26°F 189422%17%
Jan 2524°F4°F64°F 1944-28°F 190422%17%
Jan 2624°F4°F57°F 2002-24°F 195022%17%
Jan 2724°F4°F59°F 2002-24°F 191522%17%
Jan 2824°F4°F55°F 1931-25°F 191521%17%
Jan 2924°F4°F57°F 1931-25°F 196621%17%
Jan 3025°F5°F52°F 1964-22°F 189921%17%
Jan 3125°F5°F50°F 1989-28°F 191821%17%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Faribault 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 7:49 AM, sunset 4:50 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 5:26 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00218808 (Wells), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00212698, 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.