De Smet Weather in January
Average highs run from 23°F on January 1 to 25°F on January 31, and lows from 6°F to 6°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.60 in over about 4 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
- 23°F
- Average low
- 5°F
- Precipitation
- 0.60 in
- Snowfall
- 6.2 in
- Record high
- 65°FJan 24, 1981
- Record low
- -44°FJan 12, 1912
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 56 min to 9 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 11°F
- Wind
- 11.6 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 | 23°F | 6°F | 47°F 1927 | -27°F 2018 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 2 | 23°F | 6°F | 50°F 1944 | -27°F 2018 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 3 | 23°F | 6°F | 56°F 1998 | -30°F 1911 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 4 | 23°F | 5°F | 52°F 2012 | -27°F 1988 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 5 | 23°F | 5°F | 57°F 2012 | -33°F 1924 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 6 | 23°F | 5°F | 50°F 2012 | -32°F 1909 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 7 | 23°F | 5°F | 55°F 1963 | -34°F 1912 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 8 | 23°F | 5°F | 54°F 1958 | -25°F 1894 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 9 | 23°F | 5°F | 59°F 1896 | -27°F 1977 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 10 | 23°F | 5°F | 56°F 1896 | -30°F 1982 | 11% | 12% |
| Jan 11 | 23°F | 5°F | 62°F 1896 | -27°F 1912 | 12% | 12% |
| Jan 12 | 23°F | 5°F | 52°F 1958 | -44°F 1912 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 13 | 23°F | 5°F | 55°F 1900 | -23°F 1979 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 14 | 23°F | 5°F | 54°F 1901 | -30°F 1972 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 15 | 23°F | 5°F | 48°F 1914 | -32°F 1972 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 16 | 23°F | 5°F | 51°F 1974 | -25°F 1978 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 17 | 23°F | 5°F | 49°F 1944 | -35°F 1943 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 18 | 23°F | 5°F | 45°F 1908 | -29°F 1970 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 19 | 23°F | 5°F | 62°F 1944 | -32°F 1943 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 20 | 23°F | 5°F | 60°F 1944 | -26°F 1936 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 21 | 23°F | 5°F | 52°F 1942 | -27°F 1920 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 22 | 23°F | 5°F | 54°F 1942 | -30°F 1936 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 23 | 23°F | 5°F | 54°F 1981 | -35°F 1894 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 24 | 24°F | 5°F | 65°F 1981 | -33°F 1904 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 25 | 24°F | 5°F | 53°F 1981 | -28°F 1894 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 26 | 24°F | 5°F | 56°F 1931 | -25°F 1950 | 12% | 13% |
| Jan 27 | 24°F | 5°F | 55°F 1989 | -27°F 1915 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 28 | 24°F | 5°F | 58°F 2008 | -29°F 1926 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 29 | 24°F | 5°F | 59°F 1931 | -33°F 1929 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 30 | 25°F | 5°F | 55°F 1989 | -36°F 2019 | 13% | 13% |
| Jan 31 | 25°F | 6°F | 53°F 2024 | -30°F 1936 | 13% | 13% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:06 AM, sunset 5:02 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:49 AM, sunset 5:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00392302 (De Smet), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00392302, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.