Rockbridge County climate

Rockbridge County Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Lexington, 4.3 km from Rockbridge County

Average highs run from 46°F on January 1 to 46°F on January 31, and lows from 24°F to 23°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.15 in over about 9 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Rockbridge County, in °F, with the record for each date.-40-20020406080151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
45°F
Average low
23°F
Precipitation
3.15 in
Snowfall
2.9 in
Record high
73°FJan 27, 1950
Record low
-20°FJan 21, 1985
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 37 min to 10 h 17 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
25°F
Wind
6.0 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 146°F24°F67°F 1952-1°F 196331%5%
Jan 246°F24°F68°F 1952-3°F 192830%5%
Jan 345°F24°F62°F 1952-11°F 191830%5%
Jan 445°F24°F69°F 2004-9°F 191830%5%
Jan 545°F24°F66°F 1950-7°F 191930%6%
Jan 645°F24°F62°F 1946-7°F 191230%6%
Jan 745°F24°F67°F 1950-6°F 201430%6%
Jan 845°F24°F65°F 1937-7°F 194230%6%
Jan 945°F24°F66°F 1930-6°F 194229%6%
Jan 1045°F24°F65°F 1930-11°F 198229%6%
Jan 1145°F23°F65°F 1950-12°F 198229%6%
Jan 1245°F23°F65°F 1975-8°F 198229%6%
Jan 1345°F23°F70°F 1932-10°F 189529%6%
Jan 1445°F23°F69°F 1932-14°F 191229%6%
Jan 1545°F23°F65°F 1932-3°F 196429%6%
Jan 1645°F23°F70°F 1943-11°F 191228%6%
Jan 1745°F23°F64°F 1974-15°F 198228%6%
Jan 1845°F23°F66°F 1929-15°F 198228%7%
Jan 1945°F23°F66°F 1907-5°F 197728%7%
Jan 2045°F23°F67°F 1951-8°F 189328%7%
Jan 2145°F23°F64°F 1935-20°F 198528%7%
Jan 2245°F23°F65°F 1927-7°F 198428%7%
Jan 2345°F23°F68°F 1943-7°F 202528%7%
Jan 2445°F23°F70°F 1943-11°F 196328%7%
Jan 2545°F23°F71°F 1950-13°F 194028%7%
Jan 2645°F23°F70°F 1950-8°F 194028%7%
Jan 2746°F23°F73°F 1950-9°F 198728%7%
Jan 2846°F23°F67°F 1944-5°F 193528%7%
Jan 2946°F23°F66°F 1914-5°F 192628%7%
Jan 3046°F23°F69°F 2002-3°F 193428%7%
Jan 3146°F23°F73°F 2002-10°F 189928%7%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Rockbridge County, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

January 1
sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 5:40 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00444876 (Lexington), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00444128, 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.