Monterey Weather in January
Average highs run from 39°F on January 1 to 40°F on January 31, and lows from 20°F to 18°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.64 in over about 13 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
- 39°F
- Average low
- 18°F
- Precipitation
- 3.64 in
- Snowfall
- 10.2 in
- Record high
- 78°FJan 13, 1932
- Record low
- -25°FJan 14, 1912
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 33 min to 10 h 16 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 23°F
- Wind
- 7.2 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 | 39°F | 20°F | 74°F 1952 | -3°F 1918 | 40% | 19% |
| Jan 2 | 39°F | 19°F | 70°F 1916 | -11°F 1899 | 41% | 19% |
| Jan 3 | 39°F | 19°F | 68°F 1910 | -8°F 1918 | 41% | 19% |
| Jan 4 | 39°F | 19°F | 73°F 2004 | -10°F 1918 | 41% | 19% |
| Jan 5 | 39°F | 19°F | 70°F 2004 | -6°F 1919 | 41% | 20% |
| Jan 6 | 39°F | 19°F | 70°F 1950 | -6°F 1912 | 41% | 20% |
| Jan 7 | 39°F | 19°F | 71°F 1907 | -4°F 2018 | 41% | 20% |
| Jan 8 | 39°F | 19°F | 70°F 1907 | -11°F 1916 | 41% | 21% |
| Jan 9 | 39°F | 19°F | 72°F 1930 | -10°F 1916 | 41% | 21% |
| Jan 10 | 39°F | 19°F | 69°F 1950 | -6°F 1982 | 41% | 21% |
| Jan 11 | 39°F | 18°F | 70°F 1913 | -9°F 1893 | 41% | 21% |
| Jan 12 | 39°F | 18°F | 69°F 1911 | 0°F 1968 | 41% | 21% |
| Jan 13 | 38°F | 18°F | 78°F 1932 | -14°F 1912 | 42% | 22% |
| Jan 14 | 38°F | 18°F | 77°F 1932 | -25°F 1912 | 42% | 22% |
| Jan 15 | 38°F | 18°F | 74°F 1932 | -5°F 1893 | 42% | 22% |
| Jan 16 | 38°F | 18°F | 73°F 1932 | -16°F 1893 | 42% | 22% |
| Jan 17 | 39°F | 18°F | 74°F 1943 | -9°F 1982 | 42% | 23% |
| Jan 18 | 39°F | 18°F | 71°F 1990 | -11°F 1893 | 42% | 23% |
| Jan 19 | 39°F | 18°F | 66°F 1951 | -12°F 1930 | 42% | 23% |
| Jan 20 | 39°F | 18°F | 65°F 1951 | -13°F 1930 | 42% | 24% |
| Jan 21 | 39°F | 18°F | 70°F 1906 | -11°F 1918 | 42% | 24% |
| Jan 22 | 39°F | 18°F | 74°F 1927 | -8°F 1984 | 42% | 24% |
| Jan 23 | 39°F | 18°F | 70°F 1967 | -7°F 1936 | 42% | 24% |
| Jan 24 | 39°F | 18°F | 70°F 1909 | -4°F 1935 | 41% | 24% |
| Jan 25 | 39°F | 18°F | 75°F 1943 | -13°F 1935 | 41% | 24% |
| Jan 26 | 39°F | 18°F | 76°F 1950 | -6°F 1940 | 41% | 24% |
| Jan 27 | 39°F | 18°F | 70°F 1944 | -11°F 1940 | 41% | 25% |
| Jan 28 | 39°F | 18°F | 71°F 1944 | -14°F 1935 | 41% | 25% |
| Jan 29 | 39°F | 18°F | 72°F 1975 | -6°F 1963 | 41% | 25% |
| Jan 30 | 40°F | 18°F | 74°F 2002 | -6°F 1904 | 41% | 25% |
| Jan 31 | 40°F | 18°F | 78°F 2002 | -7°F 1965 | 41% | 25% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:36 AM, sunset 5:09 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 5:40 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00445880 (Mustoe 1 Sw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00442208, 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.