Petroleum County Weather in January
Average highs run from 33°F on January 1 to 33°F on January 31, and lows from 6°F to 8°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.57 in over about 4 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
- 33°F
- Average low
- 6°F
- Precipitation
- 0.57 in
- Snowfall
- 7.1 in
- Record high
- 74°FJan 22, 1981
- Record low
- -40°FJan 24, 1969
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 35 min to 9 h 35 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 73%
- Dew point
- 17°F
- Wind
- 11.0 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 | 6°F | 63°F 1964 | -29°F 1942 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 2 | 33°F | 6°F | 59°F 1962 | -28°F 1968 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 3 | 33°F | 6°F | 61°F 1981 | -34°F 1950 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 4 | 32°F | 6°F | 64°F 1984 | -24°F 1950 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 5 | 32°F | 6°F | 60°F 1984 | -23°F 1982 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 6 | 32°F | 6°F | 63°F 1954 | -26°F 1968 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 7 | 32°F | 6°F | 72°F 2003 | -31°F 1937 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 8 | 32°F | 6°F | 67°F 1958 | -28°F 1937 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 9 | 32°F | 6°F | 60°F 1959 | -26°F 1957 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 10 | 32°F | 6°F | 66°F 1986 | -23°F 1993 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 11 | 32°F | 6°F | 65°F 1987 | -38°F 1997 | 15% | 11% |
| Jan 12 | 32°F | 6°F | 68°F 1987 | -34°F 1963 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 13 | 32°F | 6°F | 66°F 1986 | -32°F 1997 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 14 | 32°F | 6°F | 66°F 2026 | -35°F 2024 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 15 | 32°F | 6°F | 65°F 1974 | -34°F 1950 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 16 | 33°F | 6°F | 65°F 1974 | -22°F 1954 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 17 | 33°F | 6°F | 65°F 1976 | -27°F 1950 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 18 | 33°F | 6°F | 58°F 1986 | -34°F 1943 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 19 | 33°F | 6°F | 64°F 1986 | -30°F 1935 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 20 | 33°F | 6°F | 67°F 1981 | -38°F 1954 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 21 | 33°F | 7°F | 70°F 1981 | -35°F 1954 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 22 | 33°F | 7°F | 74°F 1981 | -29°F 1943 | 14% | 11% |
| Jan 23 | 33°F | 7°F | 69°F 1981 | -33°F 1969 | 14% | 10% |
| Jan 24 | 33°F | 7°F | 67°F 1968 | -40°F 1969 | 14% | 10% |
| Jan 25 | 33°F | 7°F | 67°F 2007 | -39°F 1957 | 14% | 10% |
| Jan 26 | 33°F | 7°F | 69°F 2015 | -35°F 1957 | 14% | 10% |
| Jan 27 | 33°F | 7°F | 64°F 2015 | -33°F 1972 | 14% | 10% |
| Jan 28 | 33°F | 7°F | 70°F 1941 | -36°F 1969 | 14% | 10% |
| Jan 29 | 33°F | 7°F | 65°F 1940 | -31°F 1969 | 13% | 10% |
| Jan 30 | 33°F | 8°F | 69°F 1941 | -37°F 1996 | 13% | 10% |
| Jan 31 | 33°F | 8°F | 69°F 1992 | -34°F 1969 | 14% | 10% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:59 AM, sunset 4:34 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:39 AM, sunset 5:14 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00248498 (Valentine), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00243727, 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.