Mount Vernon climate

Mount Vernon Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for John Day, 12.3 km from Mount Vernon

Average highs run from 39°F on January 1 to 42°F on January 31, and lows from 20°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.09 in over about 11 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mount Vernon, in °F, with the record for each date.-40-20020406080151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
40°F
Average low
21°F
Precipitation
1.09 in
Snowfall
3.5 in
Record high
69°FJan 1, 1904
Record low
-24°FJan 27, 1957
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
8 h 55 min to 9 h 49 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
90%
Dew point
23°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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 139°F20°F69°F 1904-13°F 197935%9%
Jan 239°F20°F61°F 1964-8°F 197935%9%
Jan 339°F20°F59°F 1954-5°F 195935%9%
Jan 439°F20°F54°F 2012-4°F 195935%9%
Jan 539°F21°F61°F 2012-6°F 197735%9%
Jan 639°F21°F58°F 1969-16°F 197935%9%
Jan 739°F21°F57°F 1969-16°F 197935%10%
Jan 839°F21°F62°F 2002-16°F 197935%10%
Jan 940°F21°F55°F 1959-4°F 197735%10%
Jan 1040°F21°F60°F 1959-2°F 197435%10%
Jan 1140°F21°F62°F 1959-8°F 196335%10%
Jan 1240°F21°F60°F 1959-10°F 196335%10%
Jan 1340°F21°F58°F 1980-5°F 196335%10%
Jan 1440°F21°F62°F 19860°F 196035%10%
Jan 1540°F21°F59°F 19733°F 201735%10%
Jan 1640°F21°F62°F 1974-11°F 198735%10%
Jan 1740°F21°F58°F 2009-1°F 195735%9%
Jan 1841°F21°F61°F 1959-6°F 196035%9%
Jan 1941°F22°F60°F 1986-4°F 196035%9%
Jan 2041°F22°F61°F 1971-3°F 198734%9%
Jan 2141°F22°F62°F 1981-23°F 196234%9%
Jan 2241°F22°F61°F 1954-22°F 196234%9%
Jan 2341°F22°F66°F 1981-19°F 196234%9%
Jan 2441°F22°F65°F 1905-4°F 196234%9%
Jan 2541°F22°F60°F 2005-10°F 195734%9%
Jan 2641°F22°F63°F 2015-11°F 195733%9%
Jan 2742°F22°F65°F 2015-24°F 195733%9%
Jan 2842°F22°F61°F 1987-18°F 195733%9%
Jan 2942°F22°F61°F 1976-16°F 195733%8%
Jan 3042°F22°F65°F 1954-10°F 195733%8%
Jan 3142°F22°F60°F 1992-12°F 195633%8%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Mount Vernon, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (PST).

January 1
sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 4:28 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 5:05 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00354291 (John Day), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00354291, 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.