Parkers Prairie climate

Parkers Prairie Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Wadena 3 S, 30.1 km from Parkers Prairie

Average highs run from 19°F on January 1 to 19°F on January 31, and lows from 2°F to -3°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.87 in over about 6 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 Parkers Prairie, in °F, with the record for each date.-40-200204060151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
18°F
Average low
-1°F
Precipitation
0.87 in
Snowfall
12.2 in
Record high
58°FJan 24, 1981
Record low
-38°FJan 16, 1977
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
8 h 42 min to 9 h 40 min
Cloud cover
63%
Humidity
91%
Dew point
7°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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 119°F2°F41°F 1944-31°F 197421%20%
Jan 219°F2°F41°F 1944-26°F 201021%20%
Jan 319°F1°F41°F 2007-23°F 196821%20%
Jan 418°F1°F45°F 2019-31°F 196820%20%
Jan 518°F1°F55°F 2012-26°F 196820%20%
Jan 618°F0°F44°F 2012-28°F 195120%20%
Jan 718°F0°F42°F 2003-28°F 196620%20%
Jan 818°F0°F47°F 2002-28°F 197720%20%
Jan 918°F0°F47°F 2012-32°F 197720%20%
Jan 1018°F-1°F50°F 2012-30°F 197620%20%
Jan 1118°F-1°F44°F 1986-30°F 197720%20%
Jan 1217°F-1°F44°F 1987-32°F 197720%19%
Jan 1317°F-1°F47°F 1987-31°F 200920%19%
Jan 1417°F-2°F45°F 1944-29°F 197220%19%
Jan 1517°F-2°F40°F 1942-33°F 197220%19%
Jan 1617°F-2°F46°F 1974-38°F 197720%19%
Jan 1717°F-2°F41°F 1986-34°F 195420%19%
Jan 1817°F-2°F43°F 1981-35°F 199420%19%
Jan 1917°F-3°F43°F 2018-31°F 197020%19%
Jan 2017°F-3°F53°F 1944-31°F 195420%19%
Jan 2117°F-3°F43°F 1942-36°F 195420%19%
Jan 2218°F-3°F50°F 1942-27°F 196320%19%
Jan 2318°F-3°F57°F 1942-33°F 194820%19%
Jan 2418°F-3°F58°F 1981-32°F 195219%19%
Jan 2518°F-3°F54°F 1944-28°F 199719%19%
Jan 2618°F-3°F47°F 1947-29°F 195019%19%
Jan 2718°F-3°F44°F 1989-28°F 194819%18%
Jan 2818°F-3°F44°F 2024-32°F 195119%18%
Jan 2918°F-3°F44°F 1992-38°F 195119%18%
Jan 3019°F-3°F47°F 2025-31°F 195119%18%
Jan 3119°F-3°F52°F 2024-30°F 201919%18%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Parkers Prairie, 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 8:04 AM, sunset 4:46 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:45 AM, sunset 5:25 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00218579 (Wadena 3 S), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014910, 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.