Polk County Weather in January
Average highs run from 61°F on January 1 to 64°F on January 31, and lows from 41°F to 40°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.53 in over about 8 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
- 62°F
- Average low
- 40°F
- Precipitation
- 4.53 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 86°FJan 30, 1911
- Record low
- -2°FJan 18, 1930
- Chance of a freeze
- 91%
- Daylight
- 10 h 12 min to 10 h 44 min
- Cloud cover
- 61%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 42°F
- Wind
- 4.9 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 | 61°F | 41°F | 83°F 2022 | 15°F 1928 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 2 | 61°F | 41°F | 82°F 2026 | 11°F 1979 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 3 | 61°F | 41°F | 81°F 1989 | 12°F 1911 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 4 | 61°F | 41°F | 80°F 1917 | 9°F 1911 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 5 | 61°F | 40°F | 80°F 1921 | 17°F 1924 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 6 | 61°F | 40°F | 81°F 1956 | 18°F 1947 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 7 | 61°F | 40°F | 80°F 1907 | 16°F 1910 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 8 | 61°F | 40°F | 80°F 1907 | 15°F 1976 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 9 | 61°F | 40°F | 81°F 1957 | 14°F 2010 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 10 | 61°F | 40°F | 79°F 1963 | 11°F 1962 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 11 | 61°F | 40°F | 80°F 1911 | 8°F 1982 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 12 | 61°F | 40°F | 80°F 2000 | 4°F 1918 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 13 | 61°F | 40°F | 79°F 1907 | 12°F 1918 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 14 | 61°F | 40°F | 81°F 1907 | 10°F 1982 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 15 | 61°F | 40°F | 81°F 1952 | 20°F 1979 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 16 | 61°F | 40°F | 83°F 1936 | 16°F 2024 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 17 | 62°F | 40°F | 81°F 1952 | 13°F 2018 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 18 | 62°F | 40°F | 82°F 1938 | -2°F 1930 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 19 | 62°F | 40°F | 82°F 1933 | 0°F 1930 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 20 | 62°F | 40°F | 80°F 1920 | 7°F 1940 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 21 | 62°F | 40°F | 84°F 1911 | 13°F 1985 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 22 | 62°F | 40°F | 81°F 1969 | 10°F 1930 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 23 | 62°F | 40°F | 85°F 1943 | 10°F 1940 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 24 | 62°F | 40°F | 81°F 1943 | 10°F 1940 | 24% | 0% |
| Jan 25 | 63°F | 40°F | 83°F 1950 | 18°F 1930 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 26 | 63°F | 40°F | 81°F 1952 | 17°F 1940 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 27 | 63°F | 40°F | 85°F 1975 | 18°F 2026 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 28 | 63°F | 40°F | 84°F 1975 | 19°F 1963 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 29 | 63°F | 40°F | 84°F 1975 | 20°F 1949 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 30 | 63°F | 40°F | 86°F 1911 | 10°F 1949 | 25% | 0% |
| Jan 31 | 64°F | 40°F | 83°F 1911 | 5°F 1949 | 25% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 5:29 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 5:55 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00415271 (Livingston 2 Nne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093987, 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.