Wayne County Weather in January
Average highs run from 54°F on January 1 to 56°F on January 31, and lows from 35°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.55 in over about 12 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
- 54°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 3.55 in
- Snowfall
- 1.3 in
- Record high
- 85°FJan 16, 1928
- Record low
- 0°FJan 4, 1918
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 49 min to 10 h 27 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 35°F
- Wind
- 9.6 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 | 54°F | 35°F | 78°F 1974 | 7°F 1918 | 38% | 1% |
| Jan 2 | 54°F | 35°F | 75°F 1930 | 7°F 1918 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 3 | 54°F | 35°F | 77°F 2000 | 12°F 2001 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 4 | 54°F | 35°F | 79°F 2000 | 0°F 1918 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 5 | 54°F | 35°F | 80°F 1950 | 1°F 1918 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 6 | 54°F | 35°F | 79°F 1998 | 4°F 1904 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 7 | 54°F | 35°F | 80°F 1946 | 5°F 1904 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 8 | 54°F | 35°F | 77°F 1930 | 15°F 1970 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 9 | 54°F | 35°F | 80°F 1930 | 8°F 1970 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 10 | 54°F | 35°F | 78°F 2026 | 9°F 1970 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 11 | 54°F | 35°F | 75°F 1974 | 7°F 1982 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 12 | 54°F | 35°F | 75°F 1974 | 11°F 1912 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 13 | 54°F | 35°F | 78°F 1932 | 4°F 1962 | 38% | 2% |
| Jan 14 | 54°F | 34°F | 83°F 1932 | 9°F 1981 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 15 | 54°F | 34°F | 80°F 1937 | 11°F 1912 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 16 | 54°F | 34°F | 85°F 1928 | 9°F 1994 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 17 | 54°F | 34°F | 80°F 1943 | 5°F 1977 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 18 | 54°F | 34°F | 80°F 1937 | 6°F 1977 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 19 | 54°F | 34°F | 77°F 2001 | 8°F 1994 | 37% | 2% |
| Jan 20 | 54°F | 34°F | 77°F 1927 | 9°F 1940 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 21 | 54°F | 34°F | 79°F 1927 | 13°F 1924 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 22 | 54°F | 34°F | 80°F 1922 | 9°F 1970 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 23 | 55°F | 35°F | 79°F 1937 | 10°F 1970 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 24 | 55°F | 35°F | 76°F 1974 | 13°F 1963 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 25 | 55°F | 35°F | 82°F 1937 | 14°F 1963 | 36% | 2% |
| Jan 26 | 55°F | 35°F | 79°F 1950 | 10°F 1940 | 35% | 2% |
| Jan 27 | 55°F | 35°F | 80°F 1950 | 9°F 1940 | 35% | 2% |
| Jan 28 | 55°F | 35°F | 81°F 1952 | 8°F 1940 | 35% | 1% |
| Jan 29 | 55°F | 35°F | 79°F 2002 | 11°F 1940 | 35% | 1% |
| Jan 30 | 56°F | 35°F | 81°F 2002 | 8°F 1934 | 35% | 1% |
| Jan 31 | 56°F | 35°F | 79°F 2002 | 9°F 1934 | 35% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 5:39 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00013713 (Goldsboro 4 Se), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013713, 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.