Bethlehem Weather in January
Average highs run from 49°F on January 1 to 50°F on January 31, and lows from 31°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.81 in over about 9 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
- 49°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 3.81 in
- Snowfall
- 1.7 in
- Record high
- 80°FJan 10, 1949
- Record low
- -8°FJan 21, 1985
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 48 min to 10 h 26 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 30°F
- Wind
- 6.3 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 | 49°F | 31°F | 76°F 2022 | 13°F 1977 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 2 | 49°F | 31°F | 76°F 1952 | 9°F 2018 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 3 | 49°F | 31°F | 75°F 1997 | 11°F 1979 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 4 | 49°F | 31°F | 74°F 2005 | 12°F 1981 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 5 | 49°F | 31°F | 69°F 1950 | 8°F 1969 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 6 | 49°F | 30°F | 72°F 1955 | 8°F 2014 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 7 | 49°F | 30°F | 71°F 2026 | 4°F 2014 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 8 | 49°F | 30°F | 68°F 1965 | 3°F 1970 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 9 | 49°F | 30°F | 71°F 1949 | 3°F 1970 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 10 | 49°F | 30°F | 80°F 1949 | 4°F 1982 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 11 | 49°F | 30°F | 73°F 1949 | 4°F 1982 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 12 | 49°F | 30°F | 69°F 2017 | 8°F 1981 | 31% | 2% |
| Jan 13 | 49°F | 30°F | 74°F 2017 | 10°F 1977 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 14 | 49°F | 30°F | 70°F 2007 | 12°F 1964 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 15 | 49°F | 30°F | 73°F 1952 | 8°F 1994 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 16 | 49°F | 30°F | 74°F 1953 | 4°F 1972 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 17 | 49°F | 30°F | 73°F 1974 | -3°F 1977 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 18 | 49°F | 30°F | 70°F 2017 | 6°F 1994 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 19 | 49°F | 30°F | 67°F 1949 | 0°F 1994 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 20 | 49°F | 30°F | 68°F 1951 | -3°F 1985 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 21 | 49°F | 30°F | 67°F 1959 | -8°F 1985 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 22 | 49°F | 30°F | 70°F 1967 | 4°F 1970 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 23 | 49°F | 30°F | 72°F 1967 | 8°F 2003 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 24 | 49°F | 30°F | 72°F 1967 | 3°F 1963 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 25 | 50°F | 30°F | 75°F 1949 | 9°F 1963 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 26 | 50°F | 30°F | 75°F 1950 | 15°F 1982 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 27 | 50°F | 30°F | 72°F 1954 | 9°F 1982 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 28 | 50°F | 30°F | 76°F 1999 | 6°F 1986 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 29 | 50°F | 30°F | 78°F 1975 | 10°F 1977 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 30 | 50°F | 31°F | 77°F 2002 | 2°F 1966 | 30% | 2% |
| Jan 31 | 50°F | 31°F | 76°F 1950 | 7°F 1966 | 30% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:35 AM, sunset 5:23 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 5:52 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00003810 (Hickory FAA AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00003810, 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.