Wake County Weather in January
Average highs run from 52°F on January 1 to 53°F on January 31, and lows from 33°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.65 in over about 8 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
- 32°F
- Precipitation
- 3.65 in
- Snowfall
- 2.5 in
- Record high
- 80°FJan 30, 2002
- Record low
- -9°FJan 21, 1985
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 47 min to 10 h 25 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 32°F
- Wind
- 5.6 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 | 52°F | 33°F | 79°F 2022 | 13°F 1977 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 2 | 52°F | 33°F | 79°F 1952 | 10°F 1977 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 3 | 52°F | 32°F | 74°F 2000 | 9°F 2018 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 4 | 52°F | 32°F | 76°F 2005 | 9°F 1979 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 5 | 52°F | 32°F | 76°F 1950 | 6°F 1981 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 6 | 52°F | 32°F | 73°F 1950 | 9°F 1969 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 7 | 52°F | 32°F | 74°F 1946 | 4°F 2018 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 8 | 52°F | 32°F | 73°F 2008 | 7°F 1970 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 9 | 52°F | 32°F | 73°F 2008 | 0°F 1970 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 10 | 52°F | 32°F | 76°F 2026 | 3°F 1970 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 11 | 51°F | 32°F | 72°F 1974 | 4°F 1982 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 12 | 51°F | 32°F | 74°F 2005 | 6°F 1981 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 13 | 51°F | 32°F | 78°F 2005 | 4°F 1981 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 14 | 51°F | 32°F | 75°F 1995 | 12°F 1969 | 26% | 3% |
| Jan 15 | 51°F | 31°F | 74°F 1960 | 9°F 1964 | 26% | 3% |
| Jan 16 | 51°F | 31°F | 73°F 1953 | 3°F 1994 | 26% | 3% |
| Jan 17 | 51°F | 31°F | 75°F 1949 | -1°F 1977 | 26% | 3% |
| Jan 18 | 51°F | 31°F | 70°F 1969 | 3°F 1977 | 26% | 3% |
| Jan 19 | 51°F | 31°F | 73°F 2001 | 2°F 1994 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 20 | 51°F | 31°F | 74°F 1951 | -3°F 1985 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 21 | 52°F | 31°F | 74°F 1959 | -9°F 1985 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 22 | 52°F | 31°F | 72°F 1967 | 0°F 1970 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 23 | 52°F | 31°F | 77°F 1999 | 8°F 1977 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 24 | 52°F | 31°F | 77°F 1967 | 7°F 1963 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 25 | 52°F | 31°F | 78°F 1950 | 8°F 1963 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 26 | 52°F | 31°F | 78°F 1950 | 13°F 2000 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 27 | 52°F | 31°F | 75°F 1952 | 10°F 2000 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 28 | 52°F | 31°F | 75°F 1999 | 1°F 2000 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 29 | 52°F | 31°F | 78°F 2002 | 7°F 1977 | 27% | 3% |
| Jan 30 | 52°F | 31°F | 80°F 2002 | 7°F 1977 | 27% | 2% |
| Jan 31 | 53°F | 31°F | 77°F 1950 | 3°F 1966 | 27% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 5:12 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 5:41 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00317079 (Raleigh State Univ), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013722, 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.