Benkelman Weather in January
Average highs run from 42°F on January 1 to 43°F on January 31, and lows from 15°F to 17°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.51 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
- 43°F
- Average low
- 16°F
- Precipitation
- 0.51 in
- Snowfall
- 5.6 in
- Record high
- 81°FJan 27, 1982
- Record low
- -28°FJan 12, 1912
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 24 min to 10 h 09 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 65%
- 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 | 42°F | 15°F | 72°F 1997 | -17°F 2015 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 2 | 42°F | 15°F | 74°F 1997 | -20°F 1911 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 3 | 42°F | 15°F | 69°F 2009 | -21°F 1911 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 4 | 42°F | 15°F | 73°F 1956 | -20°F 1974 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 5 | 42°F | 16°F | 73°F 1927 | -22°F 1942 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 6 | 42°F | 16°F | 71°F 1954 | -25°F 1912 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 7 | 42°F | 16°F | 73°F 1965 | -18°F 1912 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 8 | 42°F | 16°F | 69°F 2006 | -17°F 1937 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 9 | 42°F | 16°F | 72°F 2002 | -16°F 1937 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 10 | 42°F | 16°F | 74°F 1911 | -11°F 1930 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 11 | 42°F | 16°F | 76°F 1990 | -24°F 1918 | 14% | 12% |
| Jan 12 | 42°F | 16°F | 75°F 1953 | -28°F 1912 | 14% | 12% |
| Jan 13 | 42°F | 16°F | 73°F 1928 | -13°F 1916 | 14% | 12% |
| Jan 14 | 42°F | 16°F | 70°F 1996 | -17°F 1979 | 14% | 12% |
| Jan 15 | 43°F | 16°F | 69°F 1943 | -8°F 1930 | 14% | 12% |
| Jan 16 | 43°F | 16°F | 71°F 1951 | -19°F 1930 | 14% | 12% |
| Jan 17 | 43°F | 16°F | 69°F 1923 | -24°F 1930 | 14% | 12% |
| Jan 18 | 43°F | 16°F | 69°F 1946 | -22°F 1984 | 14% | 12% |
| Jan 19 | 43°F | 16°F | 68°F 1911 | -23°F 1984 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 20 | 43°F | 16°F | 72°F 1950 | -15°F 1978 | 14% | 13% |
| Jan 21 | 43°F | 16°F | 72°F 1964 | -20°F 1930 | 15% | 13% |
| Jan 22 | 43°F | 16°F | 76°F 1967 | -11°F 1937 | 15% | 13% |
| Jan 23 | 43°F | 16°F | 71°F 2009 | -10°F 1937 | 15% | 13% |
| Jan 24 | 43°F | 16°F | 72°F 1970 | -5°F 1949 | 15% | 13% |
| Jan 25 | 43°F | 16°F | 72°F 1911 | -8°F 1929 | 15% | 13% |
| Jan 26 | 43°F | 16°F | 74°F 1951 | -7°F 1940 | 16% | 13% |
| Jan 27 | 43°F | 16°F | 81°F 1982 | -15°F 1980 | 16% | 14% |
| Jan 28 | 43°F | 16°F | 79°F 2015 | -19°F 1948 | 16% | 14% |
| Jan 29 | 43°F | 17°F | 71°F 1911 | -10°F 1916 | 16% | 14% |
| Jan 30 | 43°F | 17°F | 68°F 1958 | -12°F 1918 | 17% | 14% |
| Jan 31 | 43°F | 17°F | 72°F 1954 | -16°F 1918 | 17% | 14% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 4:32 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 5:04 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00250760 (Benkelman 1N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00147093, 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.