Knoxville Weather in January
Average highs run from 34°F on January 1 to 33°F on January 31, and lows from 17°F to 12°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.80 in over about 14 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
- 33°F
- Average low
- 14°F
- Precipitation
- 1.80 in
- Snowfall
- 13.3 in
- Record high
- 68°FJan 14, 1932
- Record low
- -25°FJan 31, 1948
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 11 min to 10 h 01 min
- Cloud cover
- 78%
- Humidity
- 91%
- Dew point
- 19°F
- Wind
- 7.8 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 | 34°F | 17°F | 56°F 1966 | -11°F 1963 | 46% | 28% |
| Jan 2 | 34°F | 17°F | 52°F 1930 | -6°F 1927 | 46% | 28% |
| Jan 3 | 34°F | 16°F | 55°F 2000 | -4°F 1979 | 46% | 28% |
| Jan 4 | 34°F | 16°F | 55°F 2023 | -12°F 1981 | 46% | 28% |
| Jan 5 | 34°F | 16°F | 56°F 2000 | -10°F 1981 | 46% | 29% |
| Jan 6 | 34°F | 16°F | 56°F 2007 | -8°F 1942 | 46% | 29% |
| Jan 7 | 33°F | 15°F | 57°F 1930 | -13°F 2014 | 45% | 29% |
| Jan 8 | 33°F | 15°F | 60°F 1937 | -24°F 1942 | 45% | 29% |
| Jan 9 | 33°F | 15°F | 62°F 2008 | -23°F 1942 | 45% | 30% |
| Jan 10 | 33°F | 15°F | 56°F 1939 | -12°F 1970 | 45% | 30% |
| Jan 11 | 33°F | 14°F | 50°F 1975 | -13°F 1982 | 45% | 30% |
| Jan 12 | 33°F | 14°F | 60°F 2020 | -13°F 1981 | 44% | 30% |
| Jan 13 | 33°F | 14°F | 67°F 1932 | -12°F 1926 | 44% | 30% |
| Jan 14 | 33°F | 14°F | 68°F 1932 | -12°F 1926 | 44% | 31% |
| Jan 15 | 33°F | 14°F | 64°F 1932 | -16°F 1948 | 44% | 31% |
| Jan 16 | 33°F | 13°F | 56°F 1952 | -16°F 1948 | 43% | 31% |
| Jan 17 | 33°F | 13°F | 51°F 1933 | -17°F 1982 | 43% | 32% |
| Jan 18 | 33°F | 13°F | 57°F 1929 | -18°F 1982 | 43% | 32% |
| Jan 19 | 33°F | 13°F | 62°F 1933 | -20°F 1948 | 43% | 32% |
| Jan 20 | 33°F | 13°F | 55°F 1933 | -20°F 1948 | 43% | 32% |
| Jan 21 | 33°F | 13°F | 56°F 1951 | -22°F 1985 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 22 | 33°F | 13°F | 54°F 1959 | -20°F 1985 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 23 | 33°F | 12°F | 59°F 1933 | -13°F 1936 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 24 | 33°F | 12°F | 56°F 1967 | -14°F 2011 | 42% | 32% |
| Jan 25 | 33°F | 12°F | 56°F 1967 | -16°F 1936 | 41% | 32% |
| Jan 26 | 33°F | 12°F | 59°F 1967 | -20°F 1945 | 41% | 32% |
| Jan 27 | 33°F | 12°F | 63°F 1944 | -20°F 1945 | 41% | 32% |
| Jan 28 | 33°F | 12°F | 57°F 1954 | -9°F 1935 | 41% | 31% |
| Jan 29 | 33°F | 12°F | 61°F 1944 | -15°F 1977 | 41% | 31% |
| Jan 30 | 33°F | 12°F | 58°F 2002 | -15°F 1977 | 40% | 31% |
| Jan 31 | 33°F | 12°F | 57°F 1947 | -25°F 1948 | 40% | 31% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 4:49 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 5:24 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00300023 (Addison), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00369408, 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.