Niagara Falls Weather in January
Average highs run from 35°F on January 1 to 33°F on January 31, and lows from 22°F to 17°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.59 in over about 18 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
- 33°F
- Average low
- 19°F
- Precipitation
- 2.59 in
- Snowfall
- 22.3 in
- Record high
- 65°FJan 13, 2005
- Record low
- -16°FJan 15, 1957
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 04 min to 9 h 55 min
- Cloud cover
- 81%
- Humidity
- 89%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 11.6 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 | 35°F | 22°F | 55°F 2011 | -3°F 1970 | 57% | 40% |
| Jan 2 | 35°F | 21°F | 51°F 2005 | -4°F 1970 | 57% | 41% |
| Jan 3 | 35°F | 21°F | 56°F 2004 | -3°F 2014 | 57% | 41% |
| Jan 4 | 35°F | 21°F | 52°F 2007 | 3°F 2012 | 58% | 42% |
| Jan 5 | 35°F | 21°F | 54°F 2007 | 2°F 2018 | 58% | 42% |
| Jan 6 | 34°F | 20°F | 54°F 2007 | 0°F 2014 | 58% | 43% |
| Jan 7 | 34°F | 20°F | 61°F 2008 | -3°F 2014 | 58% | 43% |
| Jan 8 | 34°F | 20°F | 63°F 2008 | 4°F 1958 | 58% | 44% |
| Jan 9 | 34°F | 20°F | 58°F 2008 | -6°F 2004 | 58% | 44% |
| Jan 10 | 34°F | 19°F | 50°F 2016 | -9°F 2004 | 58% | 44% |
| Jan 11 | 34°F | 19°F | 61°F 2018 | 1°F 1954 | 58% | 44% |
| Jan 12 | 34°F | 19°F | 58°F 2013 | 5°F 1958 | 58% | 45% |
| Jan 13 | 34°F | 19°F | 65°F 2005 | -8°F 1957 | 58% | 45% |
| Jan 14 | 33°F | 19°F | 48°F 2006 | -7°F 1957 | 58% | 45% |
| Jan 15 | 33°F | 18°F | 56°F 1953 | -16°F 1957 | 58% | 46% |
| Jan 16 | 33°F | 18°F | 54°F 1953 | -7°F 2004 | 58% | 46% |
| Jan 17 | 33°F | 18°F | 53°F 1952 | -6°F 2011 | 58% | 46% |
| Jan 18 | 33°F | 18°F | 47°F 2006 | 0°F 2005 | 58% | 47% |
| Jan 19 | 33°F | 18°F | 47°F 2006 | 1°F 1970 | 58% | 47% |
| Jan 20 | 33°F | 18°F | 54°F 2006 | -3°F 2019 | 57% | 47% |
| Jan 21 | 33°F | 18°F | 54°F 2017 | -9°F 2005 | 57% | 47% |
| Jan 22 | 33°F | 17°F | 52°F 1957 | -7°F 2022 | 57% | 47% |
| Jan 23 | 33°F | 17°F | 53°F 2018 | -12°F 2011 | 57% | 47% |
| Jan 24 | 33°F | 17°F | 54°F 1953 | -10°F 2011 | 57% | 48% |
| Jan 25 | 33°F | 17°F | 51°F 1964 | -10°F 2004 | 57% | 48% |
| Jan 26 | 33°F | 17°F | 48°F 1954 | 3°F 2007 | 56% | 48% |
| Jan 27 | 33°F | 17°F | 51°F 2002 | -13°F 2003 | 56% | 48% |
| Jan 28 | 33°F | 17°F | 50°F 2002 | -11°F 2005 | 56% | 47% |
| Jan 29 | 33°F | 17°F | 55°F 2013 | -3°F 1954 | 56% | 47% |
| Jan 30 | 33°F | 17°F | 62°F 2013 | -9°F 2003 | 55% | 47% |
| Jan 31 | 33°F | 17°F | 57°F 2016 | -4°F 2019 | 55% | 47% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:48 AM, sunset 4:52 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:32 AM, sunset 5:27 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00305840 (Niagara Falls), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00004724, 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.