Polk County Weather in January
Average highs run from 43°F on January 1 to 44°F on January 31, and lows from 23°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.31 in over about 8 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
- 43°F
- Average low
- 22°F
- Precipitation
- 2.31 in
- Snowfall
- 4.1 in
- Record high
- 76°FJan 24, 1950
- Record low
- -13°FJan 19, 1984
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 37 min to 10 h 19 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 10.7 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 | 43°F | 23°F | 70°F 1965 | -5°F 1974 | 25% | 5% |
| Jan 2 | 43°F | 23°F | 71°F 1997 | -6°F 2001 | 25% | 5% |
| Jan 3 | 43°F | 22°F | 72°F 2004 | -2°F 1970 | 25% | 5% |
| Jan 4 | 43°F | 22°F | 66°F 1997 | -7°F 1959 | 25% | 5% |
| Jan 5 | 43°F | 22°F | 69°F 1956 | -5°F 1959 | 25% | 5% |
| Jan 6 | 43°F | 22°F | 71°F 2008 | -10°F 2014 | 25% | 5% |
| Jan 7 | 42°F | 22°F | 75°F 1965 | -9°F 2014 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 8 | 42°F | 22°F | 68°F 2003 | -12°F 1979 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 9 | 42°F | 22°F | 69°F 1963 | -5°F 1977 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 10 | 42°F | 22°F | 69°F 1990 | -11°F 1982 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 11 | 42°F | 22°F | 74°F 2017 | -8°F 1962 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 12 | 42°F | 22°F | 69°F 1960 | -10°F 1997 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 13 | 42°F | 22°F | 69°F 1996 | -9°F 1997 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 14 | 42°F | 21°F | 70°F 1952 | -12°F 1979 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 15 | 42°F | 21°F | 68°F 1990 | -7°F 1979 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 16 | 42°F | 21°F | 70°F 1952 | -11°F 1977 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 17 | 42°F | 21°F | 68°F 1952 | -12°F 1978 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 18 | 43°F | 21°F | 68°F 1974 | -12°F 1984 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 19 | 43°F | 21°F | 72°F 1951 | -13°F 1984 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 20 | 43°F | 21°F | 69°F 1986 | -13°F 1985 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 21 | 43°F | 21°F | 72°F 2018 | -8°F 1984 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 22 | 43°F | 21°F | 74°F 1967 | -1°F 1959 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 23 | 43°F | 21°F | 72°F 1964 | -10°F 1963 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 24 | 43°F | 21°F | 76°F 1950 | -10°F 1963 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 25 | 43°F | 22°F | 75°F 1950 | -7°F 2026 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 26 | 43°F | 22°F | 68°F 1944 | -11°F 2026 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 27 | 44°F | 22°F | 66°F 1999 | -7°F 1963 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 28 | 44°F | 22°F | 74°F 2013 | -4°F 1948 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 29 | 44°F | 22°F | 74°F 1947 | -12°F 1979 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 30 | 44°F | 22°F | 69°F 2016 | -5°F 1966 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 31 | 44°F | 22°F | 73°F 1989 | -5°F 1979 | 25% | 7% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 5:06 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:37 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00230789 (Bolivar 1 Ne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013995, 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.