Newark Weather in January
Average highs run from 40°F on January 1 to 40°F on January 31, and lows from 27°F to 24°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.66 in over about 11 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
- 39°F
- Average low
- 25°F
- Precipitation
- 3.66 in
- Snowfall
- 8.0 in
- Record high
- 74°FJan 26, 1950
- Record low
- -13°FJan 8, 1866
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 19 min to 10 h 05 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 14.5 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 | 40°F | 27°F | 64°F 1847 | -5°F 1918 | 35% | 9% |
| Jan 2 | 40°F | 27°F | 65°F 1876 | -2°F 1918 | 35% | 9% |
| Jan 3 | 40°F | 26°F | 65°F 2000 | -2°F 1879 | 35% | 9% |
| Jan 4 | 40°F | 26°F | 68°F 2000 | -3°F 1904 | 35% | 10% |
| Jan 5 | 40°F | 26°F | 66°F 1993 | -10°F 1904 | 35% | 10% |
| Jan 6 | 40°F | 26°F | 72°F 2007 | -10°F 1904 | 35% | 10% |
| Jan 7 | 40°F | 26°F | 65°F 1907 | 0°F 1856 | 35% | 10% |
| Jan 8 | 40°F | 26°F | 70°F 1998 | -13°F 1866 | 35% | 10% |
| Jan 9 | 39°F | 25°F | 67°F 1998 | -7°F 1856 | 35% | 11% |
| Jan 10 | 39°F | 25°F | 65°F 2016 | -5°F 1856 | 35% | 11% |
| Jan 11 | 39°F | 25°F | 70°F 2020 | -13°F 1859 | 35% | 11% |
| Jan 12 | 39°F | 25°F | 69°F 2020 | -2°F 1849 | 35% | 11% |
| Jan 13 | 39°F | 25°F | 70°F 1932 | -5°F 1861 | 35% | 11% |
| Jan 14 | 39°F | 25°F | 70°F 1932 | -6°F 1912 | 35% | 11% |
| Jan 15 | 39°F | 25°F | 67°F 1932 | 0°F 1957 | 35% | 12% |
| Jan 16 | 39°F | 25°F | 58°F 1863 | 0°F 1893 | 35% | 12% |
| Jan 17 | 39°F | 25°F | 62°F 1990 | -7°F 1982 | 35% | 12% |
| Jan 18 | 39°F | 24°F | 66°F 1990 | -7°F 1982 | 35% | 12% |
| Jan 19 | 39°F | 24°F | 64°F 1951 | -6°F 1904 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 20 | 39°F | 24°F | 62°F 1947 | -3°F 1852 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 21 | 39°F | 24°F | 63°F 2006 | -8°F 1985 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 22 | 39°F | 24°F | 62°F 1959 | -1°F 1984 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 23 | 39°F | 24°F | 66°F 1906 | -6°F 1857 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 24 | 39°F | 24°F | 68°F 1967 | -12°F 1857 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 25 | 39°F | 24°F | 59°F 1947 | -1°F 1935 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 26 | 39°F | 24°F | 74°F 1950 | -5°F 1857 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 27 | 39°F | 24°F | 69°F 1974 | -2°F 1994 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 28 | 40°F | 24°F | 65°F 1916 | -4°F 1935 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 29 | 40°F | 24°F | 70°F 2002 | -6°F 1918 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 30 | 40°F | 24°F | 66°F 2013 | -12°F 1873 | 35% | 13% |
| Jan 31 | 40°F | 24°F | 64°F 1947 | -3°F 1920 | 35% | 13% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 4:40 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 5:13 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00283704 (Harrison), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014734, 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.