Thief River Falls Weather in January
Average highs run from 14°F on January 1 to 15°F on January 31, and lows from -1°F to -3°F.
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
- 14°F
- Average low
- -3°F
- Snowfall
- 10.1 in
- Record high
- 53°FJan 23, 1942
- Record low
- -50°FJan 21, 1954
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 27 min to 9 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 93%
- Dew point
- 3°F
- Wind
- 11.6 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 | 14°F | -1°F | 40°F 1964 | -37°F 1919 | 28% | |
| Jan 2 | 14°F | -1°F | 42°F 1944 | -39°F 1928 | 28% | |
| Jan 3 | 14°F | -1°F | 39°F 1944 | -39°F 1919 | 28% | |
| Jan 4 | 14°F | -2°F | 36°F 1987 | -37°F 1968 | 28% | |
| Jan 5 | 14°F | -2°F | 41°F 1984 | -35°F 1929 | 28% | |
| Jan 6 | 13°F | -2°F | 44°F 2012 | -39°F 1968 | 27% | |
| Jan 7 | 13°F | -2°F | 39°F 1963 | -36°F 1929 | 27% | |
| Jan 8 | 13°F | -2°F | 40°F 1917 | -33°F 1973 | 27% | |
| Jan 9 | 13°F | -3°F | 45°F 1958 | -39°F 1930 | 27% | |
| Jan 10 | 13°F | -3°F | 46°F 1990 | -35°F 1925 | 27% | |
| Jan 11 | 13°F | -3°F | 45°F 1986 | -36°F 1929 | 27% | |
| Jan 12 | 13°F | -3°F | 43°F 1932 | -42°F 1954 | 27% | |
| Jan 13 | 13°F | -3°F | 40°F 2014 | -45°F 1916 | 27% | |
| Jan 14 | 13°F | -3°F | 41°F 2021 | -36°F 1917 | 27% | |
| Jan 15 | 13°F | -3°F | 38°F 1973 | -38°F 1994 | 26% | |
| Jan 16 | 13°F | -3°F | 44°F 1942 | -41°F 1929 | 26% | |
| Jan 17 | 13°F | -4°F | 41°F 1961 | -38°F 2005 | 26% | |
| Jan 18 | 13°F | -4°F | 40°F 1944 | -39°F 1936 | 26% | |
| Jan 19 | 13°F | -4°F | 40°F 1942 | -39°F 1996 | 26% | |
| Jan 20 | 13°F | -4°F | 46°F 1944 | -46°F 1996 | 26% | |
| Jan 21 | 13°F | -4°F | 43°F 1944 | -50°F 1954 | 26% | |
| Jan 22 | 13°F | -4°F | 44°F 1942 | -42°F 1936 | 25% | |
| Jan 23 | 14°F | -4°F | 53°F 1942 | -45°F 1935 | 25% | |
| Jan 24 | 14°F | -4°F | 48°F 1981 | -43°F 1957 | 25% | |
| Jan 25 | 14°F | -3°F | 40°F 1973 | -38°F 1996 | 25% | |
| Jan 26 | 14°F | -3°F | 41°F 2002 | -41°F 1929 | 25% | |
| Jan 27 | 14°F | -3°F | 43°F 2006 | -42°F 1915 | 25% | |
| Jan 28 | 14°F | -3°F | 39°F 2024 | -39°F 1966 | 24% | |
| Jan 29 | 15°F | -3°F | 42°F 1992 | -43°F 1957 | 24% | |
| Jan 30 | 15°F | -3°F | 53°F 2024 | -39°F 1918 | 24% | |
| Jan 31 | 15°F | -3°F | 43°F 1993 | -38°F 2019 | 24% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:15 AM, sunset 4:42 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:54 AM, sunset 5:23 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00218247 (Thief Rvr Falls 2), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00216787, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.