Columbia Weather in January
Average highs run from 60°F on January 1 to 61°F on January 31, and lows from 38°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 6.52 in over about 11 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
- 60°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Precipitation
- 6.52 in
- Record high
- 85°FJan 1, 2022
- Record low
- 4°FJan 11, 1982
- Chance of a freeze
- 98%
- Daylight
- 10 h 10 min to 10 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 61%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 42°F
- Wind
- 4.5 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 | 60°F | 38°F | 85°F 2022 | 12°F 1964 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 2 | 60°F | 38°F | 83°F 2022 | 15°F 1928 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 3 | 60°F | 38°F | 81°F 2006 | 14°F 1979 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 4 | 60°F | 38°F | 81°F 1989 | 12°F 1919 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 5 | 60°F | 38°F | 80°F 1997 | 15°F 1969 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 6 | 60°F | 38°F | 82°F 1936 | 12°F 1924 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 7 | 60°F | 38°F | 81°F 2026 | 16°F 1970 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 8 | 60°F | 38°F | 82°F 2026 | 14°F 1970 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 9 | 60°F | 37°F | 83°F 1957 | 12°F 1970 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 10 | 60°F | 37°F | 83°F 1949 | 10°F 1962 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 11 | 60°F | 37°F | 84°F 1949 | 4°F 1982 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 12 | 60°F | 37°F | 81°F 2023 | 8°F 1962 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 13 | 60°F | 37°F | 82°F 1972 | 11°F 1962 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 14 | 60°F | 37°F | 83°F 1937 | 16°F 1964 | 37% | 0% |
| Jan 15 | 60°F | 37°F | 84°F 1947 | 15°F 1964 | 36% | 0% |
| Jan 16 | 60°F | 37°F | 82°F 1943 | 16°F 1972 | 36% | 0% |
| Jan 17 | 60°F | 37°F | 83°F 1943 | 11°F 2018 | 36% | 0% |
| Jan 18 | 60°F | 37°F | 81°F 1950 | 11°F 2018 | 36% | 0% |
| Jan 19 | 60°F | 37°F | 82°F 1982 | 11°F 1977 | 36% | 0% |
| Jan 20 | 60°F | 37°F | 82°F 1935 | 12°F 1940 | 36% | 0% |
| Jan 21 | 60°F | 37°F | 83°F 1938 | 4°F 1985 | 36% | 0% |
| Jan 22 | 60°F | 37°F | 83°F 1937 | 6°F 1985 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 23 | 60°F | 38°F | 83°F 1943 | 10°F 2025 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 24 | 60°F | 38°F | 82°F 1937 | 7°F 1963 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 25 | 60°F | 38°F | 82°F 1943 | 12°F 1963 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 26 | 60°F | 38°F | 85°F 1950 | 12°F 1940 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 27 | 61°F | 38°F | 81°F 1957 | 8°F 1940 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 28 | 61°F | 38°F | 83°F 1957 | 19°F 1986 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 29 | 61°F | 38°F | 80°F 1957 | 18°F 2014 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 30 | 61°F | 38°F | 83°F 1927 | 10°F 1966 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 31 | 61°F | 39°F | 84°F 1957 | 14°F 2014 | 35% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:58 AM, sunset 5:08 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:52 AM, sunset 5:34 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00221865 (Columbia), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00221865, 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.