Ocracoke Weather in January
Average highs run from 53°F on January 1 to 52°F on January 31, and lows from 41°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.13 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
- 52°F
- Average low
- 40°F
- Precipitation
- 4.13 in
- Snowfall
- 1.4 in
- Record high
- 75°FJan 1, 1985
- Record low
- 6°FJan 21, 1985
- Chance of a freeze
- 93%
- Daylight
- 9 h 51 min to 10 h 28 min
- Cloud cover
- 77%
- 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 | 53°F | 41°F | 75°F 1985 | 25°F 1963 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 2 | 53°F | 41°F | 73°F 1985 | 23°F 2018 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 3 | 53°F | 40°F | 75°F 2022 | 20°F 2001 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 4 | 53°F | 40°F | 75°F 1972 | 20°F 1981 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 5 | 52°F | 40°F | 71°F 1972 | 18°F 1981 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 6 | 52°F | 40°F | 70°F 1962 | 17°F 1981 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 7 | 52°F | 40°F | 70°F 2009 | 19°F 2014 | 28% | 1% |
| Jan 8 | 52°F | 40°F | 71°F 1989 | 18°F 2015 | 28% | 1% |
| Jan 9 | 52°F | 40°F | 73°F 2026 | 15°F 1970 | 28% | 1% |
| Jan 10 | 52°F | 40°F | 73°F 2026 | 11°F 1982 | 28% | 1% |
| Jan 11 | 52°F | 40°F | 71°F 2020 | 12°F 1982 | 28% | 1% |
| Jan 12 | 52°F | 40°F | 72°F 2020 | 17°F 1981 | 28% | 1% |
| Jan 13 | 52°F | 40°F | 73°F 1995 | 18°F 1981 | 28% | 1% |
| Jan 14 | 52°F | 39°F | 74°F 1995 | 16°F 1981 | 28% | 1% |
| Jan 15 | 52°F | 39°F | 71°F 1995 | 19°F 1964 | 28% | 1% |
| Jan 16 | 51°F | 39°F | 67°F 1991 | 16°F 1972 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 17 | 51°F | 39°F | 69°F 1990 | 13°F 1977 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 18 | 51°F | 39°F | 70°F 1990 | 19°F 1982 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 19 | 51°F | 39°F | 74°F 1987 | 17°F 1994 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 20 | 51°F | 39°F | 71°F 1972 | 10°F 1985 | 29% | 1% |
| Jan 21 | 51°F | 39°F | 71°F 1959 | 6°F 1985 | 30% | 1% |
| Jan 22 | 51°F | 39°F | 73°F 1999 | 12°F 1970 | 30% | 1% |
| Jan 23 | 51°F | 39°F | 71°F 1974 | 12°F 1970 | 30% | 1% |
| Jan 24 | 51°F | 39°F | 71°F 1993 | 13°F 2014 | 30% | 1% |
| Jan 25 | 52°F | 39°F | 73°F 1990 | 14°F 2014 | 30% | 1% |
| Jan 26 | 52°F | 39°F | 71°F 2012 | 24°F 1960 | 30% | 1% |
| Jan 27 | 52°F | 39°F | 71°F 1967 | 20°F 1982 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 28 | 52°F | 39°F | 71°F 1972 | 19°F 1986 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 29 | 52°F | 39°F | 69°F 1974 | 23°F 1977 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 30 | 52°F | 39°F | 71°F 1959 | 17°F 1966 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 31 | 52°F | 39°F | 71°F 1975 | 20°F 1966 | 31% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 5:03 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 5:32 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00316349 (Ocracoke), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093729, 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.