Minnesota Lake Weather in January
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 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
- 62°FJan 25, 1944
- Record low
- -37°FJan 5, 1924
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 59 min to 9 h 52 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 11°F
- Wind
- 12.3 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 | 25°F | 7°F | 43°F 1944 | -32°F 1974 | 23% | 18% |
| Jan 2 | 25°F | 7°F | 48°F 1931 | -29°F 2010 | 23% | 18% |
| Jan 3 | 24°F | 6°F | 51°F 1931 | -29°F 2010 | 23% | 18% |
| Jan 4 | 24°F | 6°F | 43°F 1930 | -30°F 2010 | 23% | 18% |
| Jan 5 | 24°F | 6°F | 43°F 1930 | -37°F 1924 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 6 | 24°F | 6°F | 47°F 2012 | -27°F 1979 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 7 | 24°F | 5°F | 43°F 2012 | -27°F 1942 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 8 | 24°F | 5°F | 54°F 2003 | -27°F 1918 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 9 | 24°F | 5°F | 54°F 2003 | -33°F 1977 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 10 | 24°F | 5°F | 46°F 2002 | -29°F 1982 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 11 | 24°F | 5°F | 51°F 2012 | -30°F 1977 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 12 | 24°F | 4°F | 46°F 1928 | -29°F 1974 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 13 | 24°F | 4°F | 43°F 1915 | -31°F 1916 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 14 | 24°F | 4°F | 47°F 1987 | -29°F 1972 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 15 | 23°F | 4°F | 43°F 1990 | -33°F 1963 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 16 | 23°F | 4°F | 48°F 1990 | -32°F 1977 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 17 | 23°F | 4°F | 45°F 1974 | -28°F 1977 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 18 | 24°F | 4°F | 48°F 1919 | -34°F 1970 | 22% | 18% |
| Jan 19 | 24°F | 4°F | 46°F 1981 | -35°F 1970 | 22% | 17% |
| Jan 20 | 24°F | 4°F | 50°F 1944 | -34°F 1970 | 22% | 17% |
| Jan 21 | 24°F | 4°F | 51°F 1964 | -36°F 1970 | 22% | 17% |
| Jan 22 | 24°F | 4°F | 49°F 1942 | -33°F 1970 | 22% | 17% |
| Jan 23 | 24°F | 4°F | 50°F 1942 | -34°F 1935 | 22% | 17% |
| Jan 24 | 24°F | 4°F | 52°F 1981 | -30°F 1936 | 22% | 17% |
| Jan 25 | 24°F | 4°F | 62°F 1944 | -24°F 2022 | 22% | 17% |
| Jan 26 | 24°F | 4°F | 60°F 1944 | -28°F 1917 | 22% | 17% |
| Jan 27 | 24°F | 4°F | 53°F 2002 | -25°F 1925 | 22% | 17% |
| Jan 28 | 24°F | 4°F | 52°F 1931 | -32°F 1915 | 21% | 17% |
| Jan 29 | 24°F | 4°F | 51°F 2025 | -31°F 1951 | 21% | 17% |
| Jan 30 | 25°F | 5°F | 50°F 2024 | -33°F 1951 | 21% | 17% |
| Jan 31 | 25°F | 5°F | 53°F 2025 | -35°F 1918 | 21% | 17% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:50 AM, sunset 4:49 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 5:25 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00218808 (Wells), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00218692, 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.