Sidney Weather in January
Average highs run from 27°F on January 1 to 28°F on January 31, and lows from 7°F to 8°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.45 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
- 27°F
- Average low
- 7°F
- Precipitation
- 0.45 in
- Snowfall
- 7.0 in
- Record high
- 61°FJan 5, 2012
- Record low
- -47°FJan 11, 1912
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 31 min to 9 h 31 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 13°F
- Wind
- 12.1 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 | 27°F | 7°F | 54°F 1913 | -36°F 2018 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 2 | 27°F | 7°F | 58°F 1962 | -28°F 1911 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 3 | 27°F | 7°F | 52°F 1918 | -30°F 1969 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 4 | 27°F | 7°F | 56°F 2012 | -33°F 1950 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 5 | 27°F | 6°F | 61°F 2012 | -35°F 2005 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 6 | 27°F | 6°F | 51°F 2012 | -32°F 2022 | 21% | 20% |
| Jan 7 | 27°F | 6°F | 55°F 1914 | -28°F 1968 | 21% | 19% |
| Jan 8 | 27°F | 6°F | 61°F 2002 | -32°F 1976 | 21% | 19% |
| Jan 9 | 27°F | 6°F | 56°F 2002 | -26°F 1980 | 21% | 19% |
| Jan 10 | 27°F | 6°F | 53°F 2012 | -35°F 1982 | 21% | 19% |
| Jan 11 | 27°F | 6°F | 54°F 1987 | -47°F 1912 | 21% | 19% |
| Jan 12 | 27°F | 6°F | 53°F 2026 | -46°F 1916 | 21% | 19% |
| Jan 13 | 27°F | 6°F | 58°F 2021 | -41°F 1916 | 21% | 19% |
| Jan 14 | 27°F | 6°F | 55°F 2021 | -31°F 1972 | 21% | 19% |
| Jan 15 | 27°F | 6°F | 47°F 1961 | -31°F 1971 | 21% | 18% |
| Jan 16 | 27°F | 6°F | 55°F 1914 | -32°F 1950 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 17 | 27°F | 6°F | 49°F 1974 | -36°F 1967 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 18 | 27°F | 6°F | 50°F 1991 | -40°F 1950 | 20% | 18% |
| Jan 19 | 27°F | 6°F | 49°F 1974 | -32°F 1970 | 20% | 17% |
| Jan 20 | 27°F | 6°F | 50°F 1992 | -40°F 1954 | 19% | 17% |
| Jan 21 | 27°F | 6°F | 53°F 1968 | -35°F 1954 | 19% | 17% |
| Jan 22 | 27°F | 7°F | 55°F 1981 | -26°F 1917 | 19% | 17% |
| Jan 23 | 27°F | 7°F | 54°F 1981 | -35°F 1922 | 19% | 17% |
| Jan 24 | 27°F | 7°F | 55°F 1968 | -38°F 1920 | 18% | 16% |
| Jan 25 | 27°F | 7°F | 52°F 2012 | -36°F 1969 | 18% | 16% |
| Jan 26 | 28°F | 7°F | 51°F 2006 | -42°F 1950 | 18% | 16% |
| Jan 27 | 28°F | 7°F | 54°F 2015 | -38°F 1915 | 18% | 16% |
| Jan 28 | 28°F | 7°F | 54°F 2024 | -37°F 1916 | 17% | 16% |
| Jan 29 | 28°F | 7°F | 56°F 2024 | -38°F 1950 | 17% | 16% |
| Jan 30 | 28°F | 7°F | 60°F 2024 | -41°F 1950 | 17% | 16% |
| Jan 31 | 28°F | 8°F | 59°F 2024 | -42°F 1959 | 17% | 16% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:45 AM, sunset 4:16 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 4:56 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00247560 (Sidney), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00247560, 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.