Portales Weather in January
Average highs run from 53°F on January 1 to 58°F on January 31, and lows from 25°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.50 in over about 4 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
- 55°F
- Average low
- 26°F
- Precipitation
- 0.50 in
- Snowfall
- 1.7 in
- Record high
- 79°FJan 18, 1974
- Record low
- -12°FJan 13, 1963
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 56 min to 10 h 32 min
- Cloud cover
- 48%
- Humidity
- 55%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 10.3 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 | 53°F | 25°F | 71°F 1927 | -8°F 1919 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 2 | 53°F | 25°F | 73°F 1927 | -7°F 1979 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 3 | 53°F | 25°F | 73°F 1927 | -3°F 1979 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 4 | 53°F | 25°F | 77°F 1927 | -4°F 1947 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 5 | 53°F | 25°F | 76°F 1927 | -5°F 1971 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 6 | 53°F | 25°F | 74°F 1927 | -2°F 1913 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 7 | 54°F | 25°F | 73°F 1969 | -2°F 1913 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 8 | 54°F | 25°F | 75°F 1969 | -4°F 1913 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 9 | 54°F | 25°F | 76°F 1948 | -1°F 1930 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 10 | 54°F | 25°F | 73°F 1928 | -3°F 1962 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 11 | 54°F | 25°F | 73°F 1953 | -6°F 1918 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 12 | 54°F | 25°F | 75°F 1928 | -8°F 1963 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 13 | 54°F | 25°F | 73°F 1928 | -12°F 1963 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 14 | 55°F | 25°F | 72°F 1928 | -7°F 1963 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 15 | 55°F | 25°F | 71°F 1969 | 6°F 1930 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 16 | 55°F | 25°F | 75°F 1914 | -5°F 1930 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 17 | 55°F | 26°F | 78°F 1974 | -7°F 1930 | 11% | 4% |
| Jan 18 | 55°F | 26°F | 79°F 1974 | 1°F 1922 | 11% | 4% |
| Jan 19 | 55°F | 26°F | 73°F 1950 | -4°F 1963 | 11% | 4% |
| Jan 20 | 56°F | 26°F | 76°F 1986 | -3°F 1963 | 11% | 4% |
| Jan 21 | 56°F | 26°F | 75°F 1986 | 1°F 1930 | 11% | 4% |
| Jan 22 | 56°F | 26°F | 77°F 1950 | -1°F 1918 | 11% | 4% |
| Jan 23 | 56°F | 26°F | 74°F 1950 | 1°F 1963 | 11% | 4% |
| Jan 24 | 56°F | 26°F | 76°F 1972 | 1°F 1963 | 11% | 4% |
| Jan 25 | 57°F | 26°F | 77°F 1970 | 4°F 1966 | 11% | 4% |
| Jan 26 | 57°F | 26°F | 74°F 1952 | 3°F 1963 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 27 | 57°F | 26°F | 77°F 1975 | 2°F 1948 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 28 | 57°F | 26°F | 74°F 1927 | 1°F 1948 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 29 | 57°F | 26°F | 74°F 1986 | -2°F 1951 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 30 | 57°F | 27°F | 73°F 1971 | 1°F 1951 | 12% | 4% |
| Jan 31 | 58°F | 27°F | 75°F 1967 | 0°F 1918 | 12% | 4% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 4:55 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 5:23 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00297008 (Portales), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00291939, 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.