Atlantic Weather in January
Average highs run from 62°F on January 1 to 62°F on January 31, and lows from 39°F to 38°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.59 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
- 62°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Precipitation
- 4.59 in
- Snowfall
- 0.3 in
- Record high
- 86°FJan 5, 2008
- Record low
- 2°FJan 21, 1985
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 9 h 52 min to 10 h 28 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 46°F
- Wind
- 14.1 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 | 62°F | 39°F | 75°F 1985 | 21°F 1977 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 2 | 62°F | 39°F | 78°F 2022 | 19°F 2009 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 3 | 62°F | 38°F | 75°F 2022 | 15°F 2010 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 4 | 62°F | 38°F | 76°F 1972 | 14°F 2012 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 5 | 62°F | 38°F | 86°F 2008 | 18°F 2018 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 6 | 62°F | 38°F | 76°F 2005 | 15°F 1958 | 35% | 0% |
| Jan 7 | 62°F | 38°F | 82°F 2005 | 16°F 2018 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 8 | 62°F | 38°F | 75°F 2008 | 17°F 2018 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 9 | 62°F | 38°F | 74°F 1965 | 12°F 1970 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 10 | 62°F | 38°F | 74°F 1974 | 12°F 1982 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 11 | 62°F | 38°F | 78°F 2014 | 10°F 1982 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 12 | 62°F | 38°F | 74°F 2017 | 16°F 1978 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 13 | 61°F | 38°F | 77°F 2005 | 17°F 1981 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 14 | 61°F | 38°F | 77°F 2013 | 12°F 2011 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 15 | 61°F | 38°F | 81°F 2006 | 14°F 2011 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 16 | 61°F | 38°F | 75°F 2013 | 13°F 1972 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 17 | 61°F | 38°F | 73°F 2007 | 9°F 1977 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 18 | 61°F | 38°F | 71°F 1999 | 15°F 1959 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 19 | 61°F | 38°F | 72°F 2001 | 13°F 1994 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 20 | 61°F | 38°F | 72°F 2017 | 16°F 1994 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 21 | 61°F | 38°F | 74°F 2006 | 2°F 1985 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 22 | 61°F | 38°F | 73°F 1957 | 16°F 1970 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 23 | 61°F | 38°F | 76°F 1999 | 12°F 1970 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 24 | 61°F | 38°F | 73°F 1967 | 15°F 2003 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 25 | 61°F | 38°F | 74°F 1990 | 12°F 2003 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 26 | 61°F | 38°F | 75°F 2024 | 19°F 2008 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 27 | 61°F | 38°F | 76°F 1974 | 18°F 1985 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 28 | 61°F | 38°F | 78°F 1957 | 15°F 1986 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 29 | 61°F | 38°F | 75°F 1957 | 18°F 1977 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 30 | 61°F | 38°F | 78°F 2002 | 16°F 1966 | 34% | 0% |
| Jan 31 | 62°F | 38°F | 78°F 2002 | 18°F 1966 | 34% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 5:05 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:05 AM, sunset 5:33 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00311606 (Cedar Is), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00311606, 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.