Knox County Weather in January
Average highs run from 54°F on January 1 to 57°F on January 31, and lows from 29°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.09 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
- 55°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 1.09 in
- Snowfall
- 0.9 in
- Record high
- 88°FJan 23, 1943
- Record low
- -7°FJan 4, 1947
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 59 min to 10 h 33 min
- Cloud cover
- 50%
- Humidity
- 64%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 10.3 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 | 54°F | 29°F | 75°F 2006 | 9°F 1991 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 2 | 54°F | 29°F | 77°F 2000 | 7°F 1979 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 3 | 54°F | 29°F | 84°F 1997 | 6°F 1947 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 4 | 54°F | 29°F | 87°F 2006 | -7°F 1947 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 5 | 54°F | 29°F | 73°F 1956 | -7°F 1947 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 6 | 54°F | 29°F | 80°F 1921 | 11°F 1942 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 7 | 54°F | 29°F | 78°F 1965 | 6°F 1940 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 8 | 54°F | 29°F | 80°F 2006 | -4°F 1988 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 9 | 54°F | 29°F | 77°F 1957 | 3°F 1977 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 10 | 54°F | 29°F | 83°F 2005 | -4°F 1977 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 11 | 55°F | 29°F | 84°F 2005 | 2°F 1962 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 12 | 55°F | 29°F | 80°F 1995 | 2°F 1963 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 13 | 55°F | 29°F | 80°F 2000 | 11°F 1964 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 14 | 55°F | 29°F | 79°F 1980 | 10°F 1979 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 15 | 55°F | 29°F | 79°F 1980 | 8°F 1972 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 16 | 55°F | 29°F | 79°F 1938 | 13°F 1982 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 17 | 55°F | 30°F | 76°F 1974 | 9°F 1978 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 18 | 55°F | 30°F | 78°F 1950 | 10°F 1943 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 19 | 55°F | 30°F | 77°F 1951 | 1°F 1943 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 20 | 56°F | 30°F | 78°F 1951 | 10°F 1992 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 21 | 56°F | 30°F | 83°F 1986 | 5°F 1935 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 22 | 56°F | 30°F | 85°F 1943 | 3°F 1966 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 23 | 56°F | 30°F | 88°F 1943 | 4°F 1966 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 24 | 56°F | 30°F | 87°F 1946 | 9°F 1963 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 25 | 56°F | 30°F | 88°F 1950 | 11°F 1940 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 26 | 56°F | 30°F | 80°F 1953 | 9°F 1966 | 11% | 1% |
| Jan 27 | 56°F | 30°F | 82°F 1953 | 10°F 1996 | 12% | 1% |
| Jan 28 | 57°F | 30°F | 79°F 1947 | 10°F 1948 | 12% | 1% |
| Jan 29 | 57°F | 30°F | 79°F 2002 | 5°F 1966 | 12% | 1% |
| Jan 30 | 57°F | 30°F | 75°F 1971 | 5°F 1966 | 12% | 1% |
| Jan 31 | 57°F | 31°F | 79°F 1962 | 9°F 1979 | 12% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:43 AM, sunset 5:42 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:36 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00419163 (Truscott 3 W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00419346, 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.