Lancaster Weather in January
Average highs run from 33°F on January 1 to 33°F on January 31, and lows from 17°F to 15°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.23 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
- 32°F
- Average low
- 15°F
- Precipitation
- 1.23 in
- Snowfall
- 7.4 in
- Record high
- 80°FJan 17, 1894
- Record low
- -30°FJan 28, 1915
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 20 min to 10 h 06 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 19°F
- Wind
- 10.5 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 | 33°F | 17°F | 68°F 1897 | -21°F 2018 | 21% | 11% |
| Jan 2 | 33°F | 17°F | 61°F 1894 | -22°F 2018 | 21% | 11% |
| Jan 3 | 32°F | 16°F | 63°F 2004 | -22°F 2018 | 21% | 11% |
| Jan 4 | 32°F | 16°F | 64°F 1939 | -20°F 1947 | 21% | 11% |
| Jan 5 | 32°F | 16°F | 57°F 1956 | -21°F 1924 | 21% | 11% |
| Jan 6 | 32°F | 16°F | 63°F 2012 | -16°F 1912 | 21% | 11% |
| Jan 7 | 32°F | 16°F | 58°F 1965 | -22°F 1912 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 8 | 32°F | 15°F | 62°F 2008 | -15°F 1942 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 9 | 32°F | 15°F | 67°F 2003 | -16°F 1977 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 10 | 32°F | 15°F | 63°F 2020 | -24°F 1982 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 11 | 32°F | 15°F | 55°F 2012 | -16°F 1962 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 12 | 32°F | 15°F | 58°F 1960 | -28°F 1912 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 13 | 32°F | 15°F | 59°F 1961 | -18°F 1893 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 14 | 32°F | 15°F | 66°F 1952 | -20°F 2024 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 15 | 32°F | 14°F | 60°F 1894 | -22°F 2024 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 16 | 32°F | 14°F | 70°F 1894 | -21°F 1977 | 21% | 12% |
| Jan 17 | 32°F | 14°F | 80°F 1894 | -15°F 1930 | 21% | 13% |
| Jan 18 | 32°F | 14°F | 61°F 1951 | -20°F 1930 | 21% | 13% |
| Jan 19 | 32°F | 14°F | 64°F 1919 | -21°F 1985 | 21% | 13% |
| Jan 20 | 32°F | 14°F | 65°F 1895 | -21°F 1985 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 21 | 32°F | 14°F | 64°F 1957 | -16°F 1970 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 22 | 32°F | 14°F | 64°F 1967 | -21°F 1930 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 23 | 32°F | 14°F | 61°F 2002 | -27°F 1894 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 24 | 32°F | 14°F | 60°F 1931 | -24°F 1894 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 25 | 32°F | 14°F | 63°F 1981 | -19°F 2019 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 26 | 32°F | 14°F | 61°F 1942 | -20°F 1936 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 27 | 32°F | 14°F | 63°F 2002 | -21°F 1955 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 28 | 32°F | 14°F | 62°F 2002 | -30°F 1915 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 29 | 32°F | 14°F | 62°F 1919 | -18°F 1918 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 30 | 33°F | 14°F | 58°F 1974 | -20°F 2019 | 22% | 13% |
| Jan 31 | 33°F | 15°F | 70°F 1989 | -22°F 2019 | 23% | 13% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 4:54 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 5:27 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00130753 (Bloomfield), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00131354, 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.