Brown County climate

Brown County Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Columbia 8 N, 15.3 km from Brown County

Average highs run from 22°F on January 1 to 23°F on January 31, and lows from 2°F to 0°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.47 in over about 6 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 Brown County, in °F, with the record for each date.-40-20020406080151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
22°F
Average low
0°F
Precipitation
0.47 in
Snowfall
7.7 in
Record high
62°FJan 5, 2012
Record low
-34°FJan 30, 2019
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
8 h 47 min to 9 h 43 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
11°F
Wind
11.0 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 122°F2°F36°F 2020-32°F 201820%24%
Jan 222°F2°F34°F 2020-26°F 201820%24%
Jan 322°F2°F49°F 2012-13°F 201820%24%
Jan 422°F2°F52°F 2012-13°F 201720%24%
Jan 522°F1°F62°F 2012-18°F 201420%24%
Jan 621°F1°F47°F 2012-20°F 201420%24%
Jan 721°F1°F45°F 2026-18°F 201720%24%
Jan 821°F1°F42°F 2012-13°F 201720%24%
Jan 921°F1°F52°F 2012-14°F 201520%24%
Jan 1021°F1°F55°F 2012-19°F 201620%24%
Jan 1121°F0°F46°F 2026-21°F 202020%24%
Jan 1221°F0°F50°F 2026-17°F 201520%24%
Jan 1321°F0°F47°F 2026-20°F 202420%24%
Jan 1421°F0°F44°F 2021-18°F 202420%23%
Jan 1521°F0°F44°F 2026-14°F 202020%23%
Jan 1621°F0°F38°F 2022-23°F 202019%23%
Jan 1721°F0°F43°F 2022-20°F 201619%23%
Jan 1821°F0°F46°F 2015-10°F 202519%23%
Jan 1921°F0°F52°F 2018-19°F 201919%23%
Jan 2021°F0°F49°F 2018-21°F 202519%23%
Jan 2121°F0°F37°F 2022-22°F 202519%22%
Jan 2221°F0°F32°F 2020-17°F 202619%22%
Jan 2322°F0°F40°F 2015-19°F 202618%22%
Jan 2422°F0°F39°F 2014-19°F 201918%22%
Jan 2522°F0°F48°F 2018-18°F 201918%22%
Jan 2622°F0°F47°F 2018-18°F 202618%21%
Jan 2722°F0°F43°F 2015-13°F 201418%21%
Jan 2822°F0°F48°F 2025-13°F 201418%21%
Jan 2922°F0°F46°F 2025-25°F 201917%21%
Jan 3023°F0°F48°F 2025-34°F 201917%21%
Jan 3123°F0°F46°F 2012-27°F 201917%21%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Brown County, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

January 1
sunrise 8:14 AM, sunset 5:01 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:56 AM, sunset 5:39 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00391873 (Columbia 8 N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00390022, 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.