Sparks Weather in January
Average highs run from 47°F on January 1 to 50°F on January 31, and lows from 24°F to 26°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.28 in over about 6 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
- 48°F
- Average low
- 25°F
- Precipitation
- 1.28 in
- Snowfall
- 2.2 in
- Record high
- 71°FJan 31, 2003
- Record low
- -16°FJan 2, 1942
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 26 min to 10 h 11 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 23°F
- Wind
- 6.3 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 | 47°F | 24°F | 68°F 1964 | -14°F 1942 | 19% | 4% |
| Jan 2 | 47°F | 24°F | 69°F 2012 | -16°F 1942 | 20% | 4% |
| Jan 3 | 47°F | 24°F | 66°F 2012 | -11°F 1942 | 20% | 4% |
| Jan 4 | 47°F | 24°F | 63°F 2003 | -8°F 1972 | 20% | 4% |
| Jan 5 | 47°F | 24°F | 68°F 2012 | -5°F 1942 | 20% | 4% |
| Jan 6 | 47°F | 24°F | 66°F 1969 | 0°F 1971 | 20% | 4% |
| Jan 7 | 47°F | 24°F | 67°F 1969 | -3°F 1973 | 20% | 4% |
| Jan 8 | 47°F | 24°F | 64°F 1990 | 0°F 1972 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 9 | 47°F | 24°F | 68°F 1990 | -7°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 10 | 48°F | 24°F | 63°F 1990 | -4°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 11 | 48°F | 24°F | 67°F 1953 | -10°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 12 | 48°F | 24°F | 63°F 2002 | -11°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 13 | 48°F | 25°F | 64°F 2022 | -1°F 1950 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 14 | 48°F | 25°F | 62°F 2000 | -2°F 1997 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 15 | 48°F | 25°F | 70°F 1967 | -12°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 16 | 48°F | 25°F | 67°F 2011 | -9°F 1960 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 17 | 48°F | 25°F | 66°F 2011 | -7°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 18 | 48°F | 25°F | 66°F 1971 | -4°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 19 | 49°F | 25°F | 67°F 1986 | -4°F 1952 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 20 | 49°F | 25°F | 65°F 1950 | -3°F 1951 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 21 | 49°F | 25°F | 62°F 1994 | -4°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 22 | 49°F | 25°F | 65°F 1981 | -7°F 1962 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 23 | 49°F | 25°F | 68°F 1948 | -10°F 1962 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 24 | 49°F | 25°F | 67°F 1948 | -6°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 25 | 49°F | 25°F | 67°F 1975 | -16°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 26 | 49°F | 25°F | 67°F 1987 | -15°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 27 | 49°F | 25°F | 64°F 1987 | -1°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 28 | 50°F | 26°F | 69°F 2024 | -4°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 29 | 50°F | 26°F | 68°F 2024 | -7°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 30 | 50°F | 26°F | 69°F 2018 | -5°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
| Jan 31 | 50°F | 26°F | 71°F 2003 | -7°F 1949 | 20% | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 4:46 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:18 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00267697 (Sparks), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023185, 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.