Knox County Weather in January
Average highs run from 31°F on January 1 to 33°F on January 31, and lows from 11°F to 11°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.60 in over about 5 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
- 31°F
- Average low
- 11°F
- Precipitation
- 0.60 in
- Snowfall
- 7.1 in
- Record high
- 65°FJan 20, 1944
- Record low
- -25°FJan 1, 2018
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 07 min to 9 h 57 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 16°F
- Wind
- 12.3 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 | 11°F | 62°F 1939 | -25°F 2018 | 16% | 10% |
| Jan 2 | 31°F | 11°F | 61°F 1939 | -20°F 1942 | 16% | 10% |
| Jan 3 | 31°F | 11°F | 53°F 2022 | -17°F 1942 | 16% | 10% |
| Jan 4 | 31°F | 11°F | 57°F 2026 | -20°F 1942 | 16% | 10% |
| Jan 5 | 31°F | 11°F | 55°F 1935 | -17°F 1942 | 16% | 10% |
| Jan 6 | 31°F | 11°F | 57°F 1935 | -19°F 1942 | 16% | 10% |
| Jan 7 | 31°F | 11°F | 59°F 2026 | -19°F 1942 | 16% | 10% |
| Jan 8 | 31°F | 11°F | 53°F 1939 | -21°F 1942 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 9 | 31°F | 11°F | 54°F 1933 | -18°F 1937 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 10 | 31°F | 11°F | 53°F 1947 | -16°F 1937 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 11 | 31°F | 11°F | 55°F 1941 | -11°F 1937 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 12 | 31°F | 10°F | 56°F 2026 | -7°F 2018 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 13 | 31°F | 10°F | 55°F 2026 | -16°F 2024 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 14 | 31°F | 10°F | 49°F 1944 | -19°F 2024 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 15 | 31°F | 10°F | 53°F 1943 | -12°F 1937 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 16 | 31°F | 10°F | 46°F 1942 | -13°F 1937 | 16% | 12% |
| Jan 17 | 31°F | 10°F | 53°F 1944 | -17°F 1943 | 16% | 12% |
| Jan 18 | 31°F | 10°F | 60°F 2022 | -22°F 1940 | 16% | 12% |
| Jan 19 | 31°F | 10°F | 62°F 2018 | -23°F 1943 | 16% | 12% |
| Jan 20 | 31°F | 10°F | 65°F 1944 | -21°F 1936 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 21 | 31°F | 10°F | 56°F 1942 | -18°F 1936 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 22 | 32°F | 10°F | 63°F 1942 | -19°F 1936 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 23 | 32°F | 10°F | 58°F 1947 | -22°F 1936 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 24 | 32°F | 10°F | 58°F 1947 | -16°F 1936 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 25 | 32°F | 10°F | 60°F 1944 | -19°F 1936 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 26 | 32°F | 10°F | 65°F 1947 | -16°F 1936 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 27 | 32°F | 10°F | 53°F 2025 | -19°F 1936 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 28 | 32°F | 10°F | 59°F 2025 | -18°F 1936 | 18% | 12% |
| Jan 29 | 32°F | 10°F | 52°F 2022 | -16°F 2019 | 18% | 12% |
| Jan 30 | 32°F | 11°F | 57°F 2025 | -18°F 2019 | 18% | 12% |
| Jan 31 | 33°F | 11°F | 58°F 2022 | -14°F 1936 | 18% | 12% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:02 AM, sunset 5:09 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:47 AM, sunset 5:44 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00251990 (Creighton), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094911, 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.