Durham Weather in January
Average highs run from 31°F on January 1 to 31°F on January 31, and lows from 14°F to 10°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.41 in over about 13 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
- 31°F
- Average low
- 11°F
- Precipitation
- 4.41 in
- Snowfall
- 20.9 in
- Record high
- 71°FJan 6, 2007
- Record low
- -28°FJan 19, 1971
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 09 min to 9 h 59 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 92%
- Dew point
- 19°F
- Wind
- 6.5 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 | 31°F | 14°F | 57°F 1966 | -18°F 1970 | 42% | 24% |
| Jan 2 | 31°F | 14°F | 55°F 1979 | -20°F 1970 | 42% | 25% |
| Jan 3 | 31°F | 13°F | 56°F 2000 | -14°F 1970 | 42% | 25% |
| Jan 4 | 31°F | 13°F | 64°F 1950 | -13°F 1981 | 42% | 25% |
| Jan 5 | 31°F | 13°F | 64°F 1950 | -13°F 1970 | 42% | 25% |
| Jan 6 | 31°F | 13°F | 71°F 2007 | -19°F 1996 | 42% | 25% |
| Jan 7 | 31°F | 12°F | 52°F 1946 | -9°F 2018 | 42% | 26% |
| Jan 8 | 31°F | 12°F | 60°F 2008 | -17°F 1942 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 9 | 31°F | 12°F | 62°F 2008 | -20°F 1968 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 10 | 31°F | 12°F | 55°F 2016 | -13°F 1968 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 11 | 31°F | 12°F | 67°F 2020 | -25°F 1968 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 12 | 30°F | 11°F | 67°F 2020 | -26°F 1968 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 13 | 30°F | 11°F | 54°F 2005 | -18°F 1968 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 14 | 30°F | 11°F | 61°F 1995 | -24°F 1957 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 15 | 30°F | 11°F | 65°F 1995 | -20°F 1957 | 41% | 26% |
| Jan 16 | 30°F | 11°F | 62°F 1995 | -16°F 1971 | 41% | 27% |
| Jan 17 | 30°F | 11°F | 58°F 1973 | -23°F 1971 | 40% | 27% |
| Jan 18 | 30°F | 11°F | 59°F 1973 | -19°F 1957 | 40% | 27% |
| Jan 19 | 30°F | 10°F | 60°F 1996 | -28°F 1971 | 40% | 27% |
| Jan 20 | 30°F | 10°F | 53°F 1951 | -22°F 1970 | 40% | 27% |
| Jan 21 | 30°F | 10°F | 61°F 2006 | -18°F 1994 | 40% | 27% |
| Jan 22 | 30°F | 10°F | 58°F 1959 | -20°F 1984 | 40% | 27% |
| Jan 23 | 30°F | 10°F | 55°F 1957 | -20°F 1970 | 39% | 27% |
| Jan 24 | 30°F | 10°F | 54°F 1999 | -17°F 1948 | 39% | 27% |
| Jan 25 | 31°F | 10°F | 56°F 2010 | -12°F 1945 | 39% | 27% |
| Jan 26 | 31°F | 10°F | 59°F 1950 | -16°F 1994 | 39% | 27% |
| Jan 27 | 31°F | 10°F | 62°F 1974 | -23°F 1994 | 39% | 27% |
| Jan 28 | 31°F | 10°F | 55°F 2002 | -16°F 2005 | 39% | 26% |
| Jan 29 | 31°F | 10°F | 54°F 2002 | -9°F 1963 | 39% | 26% |
| Jan 30 | 31°F | 10°F | 56°F 2013 | -12°F 1965 | 39% | 26% |
| Jan 31 | 31°F | 10°F | 57°F 1974 | -26°F 1948 | 39% | 26% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 4:35 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00302366 (E Jewett), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014735, 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.