Butte Weather in January
Average highs run from 31°F on January 1 to 33°F on January 31, and lows from 7°F to 8°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.42 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
- 8°F
- Precipitation
- 0.42 in
- Snowfall
- 2.4 in
- Record high
- 58°FJan 29, 1931
- Record low
- -48°FJan 7, 1937
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 44 min to 9 h 41 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- 15°F
- Wind
- 6.9 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 | 31°F | 7°F | 56°F 1918 | -43°F 1942 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 2 | 31°F | 7°F | 55°F 1918 | -34°F 1968 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 3 | 31°F | 7°F | 53°F 1918 | -31°F 1950 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 4 | 31°F | 7°F | 51°F 1984 | -40°F 1942 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 5 | 31°F | 7°F | 49°F 1903 | -42°F 1979 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 6 | 31°F | 7°F | 52°F 1914 | -36°F 1974 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 7 | 32°F | 7°F | 51°F 1902 | -48°F 1937 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 8 | 32°F | 8°F | 48°F 2002 | -45°F 1937 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 9 | 32°F | 8°F | 52°F 1928 | -44°F 1962 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 10 | 32°F | 8°F | 52°F 1928 | -43°F 1962 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 11 | 32°F | 8°F | 50°F 1953 | -38°F 1963 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 12 | 32°F | 8°F | 51°F 2026 | -39°F 1963 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 13 | 32°F | 8°F | 52°F 1996 | -45°F 2024 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 14 | 32°F | 8°F | 52°F 1920 | -30°F 1947 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 15 | 32°F | 8°F | 50°F 1973 | -34°F 1947 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 16 | 32°F | 8°F | 49°F 1974 | -32°F 1957 | 22% | 8% |
| Jan 17 | 32°F | 8°F | 51°F 1920 | -34°F 1930 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 18 | 33°F | 8°F | 50°F 1919 | -43°F 1963 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 19 | 33°F | 8°F | 56°F 2005 | -44°F 1963 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 20 | 33°F | 8°F | 52°F 2005 | -47°F 1937 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 21 | 33°F | 8°F | 50°F 2005 | -47°F 1937 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 22 | 33°F | 8°F | 53°F 1994 | -35°F 1962 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 23 | 33°F | 8°F | 57°F 2005 | -36°F 1969 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 24 | 33°F | 8°F | 56°F 2005 | -38°F 1949 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 25 | 33°F | 8°F | 54°F 2015 | -38°F 1949 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 26 | 33°F | 8°F | 54°F 2015 | -41°F 1957 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 27 | 33°F | 8°F | 51°F 1971 | -34°F 1951 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 28 | 33°F | 8°F | 53°F 1920 | -43°F 1951 | 23% | 7% |
| Jan 29 | 33°F | 8°F | 58°F 1931 | -46°F 1951 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 30 | 33°F | 8°F | 56°F 1971 | -39°F 1951 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 31 | 33°F | 8°F | 55°F 1992 | -39°F 1951 | 24% | 7% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:12 AM, sunset 4:56 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:53 AM, sunset 5:34 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00024135 (Butte Bert Mooney AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024135, 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.