Washoe County Weather in January
Average highs run from 42°F on January 1 to 48°F on January 31, and lows from 16°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.37 in over about 8 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
- 45°F
- Average low
- 19°F
- Precipitation
- 1.37 in
- Snowfall
- 5.7 in
- Record high
- 68°FJan 30, 2003
- Record low
- -22°FJan 18, 1952
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 19 min to 10 h 06 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 23°F
- Wind
- 5.8 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 | 16°F | 58°F 1914 | -6°F 1965 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 2 | 42°F | 16°F | 61°F 2012 | -5°F 1942 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 3 | 43°F | 17°F | 57°F 2003 | -10°F 1971 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 4 | 43°F | 17°F | 63°F 2012 | -12°F 1972 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 5 | 43°F | 17°F | 61°F 1918 | -11°F 1949 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 6 | 43°F | 17°F | 62°F 2012 | -12°F 1937 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 7 | 43°F | 17°F | 62°F 2009 | -17°F 1937 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 8 | 43°F | 18°F | 59°F 1962 | -8°F 1937 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 9 | 44°F | 18°F | 57°F 1963 | -8°F 1974 | 23% | 8% |
| Jan 10 | 44°F | 18°F | 62°F 1990 | -12°F 1974 | 24% | 8% |
| Jan 11 | 44°F | 18°F | 60°F 1953 | -10°F 1949 | 24% | 8% |
| Jan 12 | 44°F | 19°F | 57°F 1999 | -6°F 1950 | 24% | 8% |
| Jan 13 | 45°F | 19°F | 57°F 2006 | -5°F 1960 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 14 | 45°F | 19°F | 58°F 2012 | -12°F 1917 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 15 | 45°F | 19°F | 64°F 1943 | -12°F 1917 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 16 | 45°F | 19°F | 60°F 1909 | -14°F 1917 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 17 | 45°F | 20°F | 64°F 2011 | -13°F 1917 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 18 | 46°F | 20°F | 62°F 1971 | -22°F 1952 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 19 | 46°F | 20°F | 57°F 2015 | -14°F 1937 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 20 | 46°F | 20°F | 64°F 1950 | -16°F 1937 | 24% | 7% |
| Jan 21 | 46°F | 20°F | 58°F 1900 | -9°F 1916 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 22 | 46°F | 21°F | 59°F 1970 | -12°F 1962 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 23 | 47°F | 21°F | 65°F 1948 | -11°F 1962 | 25% | 7% |
| Jan 24 | 47°F | 21°F | 63°F 1948 | -13°F 1949 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 25 | 47°F | 21°F | 62°F 1975 | -11°F 1949 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 26 | 47°F | 21°F | 59°F 2003 | -15°F 1949 | 25% | 6% |
| Jan 27 | 47°F | 21°F | 60°F 1987 | -8°F 1957 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 28 | 47°F | 21°F | 58°F 1987 | -3°F 1949 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 29 | 48°F | 21°F | 62°F 2024 | -8°F 1969 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 30 | 48°F | 22°F | 68°F 2003 | -14°F 1916 | 24% | 6% |
| Jan 31 | 48°F | 22°F | 67°F 1953 | -11°F 1916 | 24% | 5% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 4:42 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 5:15 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00267618 (Smoke Creek Espil), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00048702, 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.