Piedmont Weather in January
Average highs run from 37°F on January 1 to 36°F on January 31, and lows from 13°F to 13°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.24 in over about 3 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
- 37°F
- Average low
- 13°F
- Precipitation
- 0.24 in
- Snowfall
- 3.9 in
- Record high
- 72°FJan 12, 1987
- Record low
- -35°FJan 28, 1918
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 57 min to 9 h 50 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 15°F
- Wind
- 8.1 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 | 37°F | 13°F | 66°F 1998 | -21°F 2018 | 9% | 9% |
| Jan 2 | 37°F | 13°F | 63°F 1998 | -19°F 1919 | 9% | 9% |
| Jan 3 | 37°F | 13°F | 70°F 1962 | -20°F 1919 | 9% | 9% |
| Jan 4 | 37°F | 13°F | 63°F 2012 | -24°F 1950 | 9% | 9% |
| Jan 5 | 37°F | 13°F | 71°F 1984 | -18°F 1909 | 9% | 9% |
| Jan 6 | 37°F | 13°F | 65°F 1954 | -24°F 1913 | 9% | 9% |
| Jan 7 | 37°F | 13°F | 68°F 2003 | -20°F 1913 | 9% | 9% |
| Jan 8 | 37°F | 13°F | 69°F 1914 | -18°F 1913 | 9% | 9% |
| Jan 9 | 37°F | 13°F | 70°F 1953 | -19°F 1980 | 9% | 9% |
| Jan 10 | 37°F | 13°F | 65°F 1995 | -24°F 1982 | 10% | 9% |
| Jan 11 | 37°F | 13°F | 67°F 1953 | -21°F 1974 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 12 | 37°F | 13°F | 72°F 1987 | -31°F 1913 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 13 | 37°F | 13°F | 62°F 1996 | -29°F 1916 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 14 | 37°F | 13°F | 65°F 1914 | -25°F 2024 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 15 | 37°F | 13°F | 68°F 1973 | -21°F 1950 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 16 | 37°F | 13°F | 66°F 1974 | -15°F 1957 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 17 | 37°F | 13°F | 63°F 1974 | -12°F 1950 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 18 | 37°F | 13°F | 62°F 1909 | -14°F 1963 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 19 | 37°F | 13°F | 68°F 1986 | -27°F 1963 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 20 | 37°F | 13°F | 64°F 2005 | -19°F 1913 | 10% | 10% |
| Jan 21 | 37°F | 13°F | 63°F 1989 | -20°F 1966 | 11% | 10% |
| Jan 22 | 37°F | 13°F | 64°F 1981 | -21°F 1917 | 11% | 10% |
| Jan 23 | 37°F | 13°F | 65°F 2005 | -20°F 1952 | 11% | 10% |
| Jan 24 | 37°F | 13°F | 70°F 1973 | -20°F 1918 | 11% | 10% |
| Jan 25 | 37°F | 13°F | 64°F 1968 | -20°F 1957 | 11% | 11% |
| Jan 26 | 37°F | 13°F | 66°F 2015 | -20°F 1902 | 11% | 11% |
| Jan 27 | 37°F | 13°F | 72°F 2015 | -25°F 1918 | 11% | 11% |
| Jan 28 | 37°F | 13°F | 67°F 1988 | -35°F 1918 | 11% | 11% |
| Jan 29 | 37°F | 13°F | 66°F 1960 | -27°F 1916 | 11% | 11% |
| Jan 30 | 37°F | 13°F | 69°F 1989 | -25°F 1916 | 11% | 11% |
| Jan 31 | 36°F | 13°F | 70°F 1992 | -22°F 1917 | 12% | 11% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 4:26 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 5:02 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00396947 (Rapid City 4NW), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00393069, 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.