Chapel Hill Weather in January
Average highs run from 47°F on January 1 to 48°F on January 31, and lows from 27°F to 26°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.90 in.
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
- 47°F
- Average low
- 26°F
- Precipitation
- 4.90 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 77°FJan 2, 1952
- Record low
- -20°FJan 21, 1985
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 49 min to 10 h 27 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 33°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 | 47°F | 27°F | 74°F 1952 | 0°F 1977 | 1% | |
| Jan 2 | 47°F | 27°F | 77°F 1952 | -2°F 1940 | 1% | |
| Jan 3 | 47°F | 27°F | 75°F 2006 | -1°F 1940 | 1% | |
| Jan 4 | 47°F | 27°F | 73°F 2004 | -4°F 1911 | 1% | |
| Jan 5 | 47°F | 26°F | 73°F 2004 | 3°F 1924 | 1% | |
| Jan 6 | 47°F | 26°F | 72°F 1907 | -2°F 1924 | 1% | |
| Jan 7 | 47°F | 26°F | 72°F 1913 | -5°F 1912 | 1% | |
| Jan 8 | 47°F | 26°F | 72°F 1907 | -8°F 1942 | 1% | |
| Jan 9 | 47°F | 26°F | 71°F 1946 | -6°F 1942 | 1% | |
| Jan 10 | 46°F | 26°F | 69°F 1939 | -4°F 1962 | 1% | |
| Jan 11 | 46°F | 26°F | 77°F 1949 | -5°F 1982 | 1% | |
| Jan 12 | 46°F | 26°F | 75°F 1916 | -9°F 1918 | 1% | |
| Jan 13 | 46°F | 26°F | 72°F 1911 | -6°F 1962 | 1% | |
| Jan 14 | 46°F | 26°F | 75°F 1907 | 3°F 1973 | 1% | |
| Jan 15 | 46°F | 26°F | 77°F 2017 | 2°F 1927 | 1% | |
| Jan 16 | 47°F | 26°F | 73°F 1907 | -10°F 2024 | 1% | |
| Jan 17 | 47°F | 26°F | 75°F 1943 | -18°F 2024 | 1% | |
| Jan 18 | 47°F | 26°F | 76°F 1943 | -13°F 2024 | 1% | |
| Jan 19 | 47°F | 26°F | 72°F 1907 | -6°F 1940 | 1% | |
| Jan 20 | 47°F | 26°F | 71°F 1906 | -11°F 1985 | 1% | |
| Jan 21 | 47°F | 26°F | 73°F 1937 | -20°F 1985 | 1% | |
| Jan 22 | 47°F | 26°F | 74°F 1937 | -10°F 1985 | 1% | |
| Jan 23 | 47°F | 26°F | 73°F 1909 | 1°F 2014 | 1% | |
| Jan 24 | 47°F | 26°F | 74°F 1943 | -8°F 1963 | 1% | |
| Jan 25 | 47°F | 26°F | 75°F 1909 | -7°F 1963 | 1% | |
| Jan 26 | 47°F | 26°F | 76°F 1950 | -17°F 1940 | 1% | |
| Jan 27 | 48°F | 26°F | 75°F 1950 | -12°F 1940 | 1% | |
| Jan 28 | 48°F | 26°F | 74°F 1944 | -9°F 1940 | 1% | |
| Jan 29 | 48°F | 26°F | 74°F 1903 | -3°F 2014 | 1% | |
| Jan 30 | 48°F | 26°F | 73°F 1947 | -16°F 1966 | 1% | |
| Jan 31 | 48°F | 26°F | 73°F 2016 | -11°F 1966 | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:56 AM, sunset 4:45 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:47 AM, sunset 5:14 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00401720 (Christiana 5W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00405187, 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.