Rock County climate

Rock County Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Newport, 22.2 km from Rock County

Average highs run from 32°F on January 1 to 33°F on January 31, and lows from 11°F to 11°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.58 in over about 5 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Rock County, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
32°F
Average low
11°F
Precipitation
0.58 in
Snowfall
7.0 in
Record high
72°FJan 27, 2015
Record low
-31°FJan 5, 1924
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 09 min to 9 h 59 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
75%
Dew point
17°F
Wind
12.5 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 132°F11°F65°F 1939-25°F 192417%15%
Jan 232°F11°F64°F 1998-20°F 191117%15%
Jan 332°F11°F64°F 1962-28°F 191917%15%
Jan 432°F11°F66°F 2026-24°F 195017%15%
Jan 532°F11°F70°F 2012-31°F 192417%15%
Jan 632°F11°F64°F 1935-22°F 191217%15%
Jan 732°F11°F68°F 1914-24°F 193717%15%
Jan 832°F11°F67°F 1958-24°F 193717%15%
Jan 932°F11°F60°F 2018-20°F 193717%16%
Jan 1032°F10°F68°F 1990-24°F 198217%16%
Jan 1132°F10°F62°F 2006-22°F 191217%16%
Jan 1232°F10°F69°F 1987-30°F 191617%16%
Jan 1332°F10°F65°F 1928-30°F 191617%16%
Jan 1432°F10°F69°F 2006-21°F 202417%16%
Jan 1532°F10°F66°F 2012-19°F 193717%16%
Jan 1632°F10°F66°F 1974-24°F 191817%16%
Jan 1732°F10°F65°F 1923-30°F 193017%16%
Jan 1832°F10°F62°F 1914-22°F 194017%16%
Jan 1932°F10°F65°F 1906-25°F 196317%16%
Jan 2032°F10°F65°F 1944-23°F 194318%16%
Jan 2132°F10°F64°F 1989-23°F 193018%16%
Jan 2232°F10°F68°F 1967-23°F 191518%16%
Jan 2332°F10°F69°F 1981-24°F 192218%17%
Jan 2432°F10°F69°F 1981-19°F 192918%17%
Jan 2532°F10°F63°F 1913-19°F 191518%17%
Jan 2632°F11°F70°F 2002-24°F 195018%17%
Jan 2732°F11°F72°F 2015-23°F 193618%17%
Jan 2832°F11°F61°F 2015-18°F 197218%17%
Jan 2932°F11°F65°F 1920-28°F 196619%17%
Jan 3032°F11°F65°F 2012-19°F 196619%17%
Jan 3133°F11°F68°F 1989-20°F 191719%17%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Rock County, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

January 1
sunrise 8:07 AM, sunset 5:16 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:52 AM, sunset 5:51 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00255925 (Newport), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00250050, 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.