Eau Claire Weather in January
Average highs run from 26°F on January 1 to 25°F on January 31, and lows from 10°F to 8°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.10 in over about 9 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
- 25°F
- Average low
- 8°F
- Precipitation
- 1.10 in
- Snowfall
- 10.0 in
- Record high
- 54°FJan 25, 1981
- Record low
- -45°FJan 30, 1951
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 52 min to 9 h 47 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 93%
- Dew point
- 9°F
- Wind
- 11.2 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 | 26°F | 10°F | 43°F 1998 | -25°F 1974 | 30% | 25% |
| Jan 2 | 26°F | 10°F | 48°F 1998 | -28°F 1979 | 30% | 25% |
| Jan 3 | 25°F | 9°F | 44°F 1998 | -20°F 1974 | 30% | 25% |
| Jan 4 | 25°F | 9°F | 44°F 2007 | -23°F 1959 | 30% | 25% |
| Jan 5 | 25°F | 9°F | 47°F 2019 | -25°F 1972 | 30% | 25% |
| Jan 6 | 25°F | 9°F | 45°F 2012 | -25°F 1973 | 30% | 25% |
| Jan 7 | 25°F | 9°F | 49°F 2003 | -29°F 1951 | 30% | 25% |
| Jan 8 | 25°F | 8°F | 53°F 2003 | -27°F 1977 | 30% | 25% |
| Jan 9 | 25°F | 8°F | 48°F 2002 | -39°F 1977 | 30% | 26% |
| Jan 10 | 25°F | 8°F | 53°F 2012 | -29°F 1982 | 30% | 26% |
| Jan 11 | 24°F | 8°F | 46°F 1980 | -31°F 1979 | 30% | 26% |
| Jan 12 | 24°F | 8°F | 47°F 1987 | -26°F 1977 | 30% | 26% |
| Jan 13 | 24°F | 8°F | 44°F 1987 | -23°F 1954 | 30% | 26% |
| Jan 14 | 24°F | 8°F | 39°F 1987 | -27°F 1965 | 30% | 26% |
| Jan 15 | 24°F | 8°F | 41°F 1990 | -32°F 1972 | 30% | 26% |
| Jan 16 | 24°F | 7°F | 47°F 1973 | -27°F 1977 | 30% | 26% |
| Jan 17 | 24°F | 7°F | 43°F 1964 | -32°F 1982 | 30% | 26% |
| Jan 18 | 24°F | 7°F | 45°F 1996 | -36°F 1967 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 19 | 24°F | 7°F | 42°F 2018 | -33°F 1994 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 20 | 24°F | 7°F | 43°F 1968 | -30°F 1984 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 21 | 24°F | 7°F | 44°F 1968 | -27°F 1954 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 22 | 24°F | 7°F | 45°F 1964 | -26°F 1963 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 23 | 24°F | 7°F | 44°F 1981 | -32°F 1963 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 24 | 24°F | 7°F | 53°F 1981 | -29°F 1952 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 25 | 24°F | 7°F | 54°F 1981 | -24°F 1966 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 26 | 24°F | 7°F | 50°F 2006 | -29°F 1950 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 27 | 24°F | 8°F | 50°F 2006 | -34°F 1950 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 28 | 25°F | 8°F | 45°F 2008 | -29°F 1952 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 29 | 25°F | 8°F | 47°F 2024 | -34°F 1951 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 30 | 25°F | 8°F | 51°F 2025 | -45°F 1951 | 30% | 27% |
| Jan 31 | 25°F | 8°F | 52°F 2024 | -30°F 2019 | 30% | 27% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:44 AM, sunset 4:36 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 5:13 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00472425 (Eau Claire 3SW), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014991, 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.