Forest County Weather in January
Average highs run from 22°F on January 1 to 20°F on January 31, and lows from 7°F to 3°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.34 in over about 12 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
- 20°F
- Average low
- 4°F
- Precipitation
- 1.34 in
- Snowfall
- 16.4 in
- Record high
- 48°FJan 19, 2017
- Record low
- -34°FJan 25, 2026
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 46 min to 9 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 95%
- Dew point
- 10°F
- Wind
- 9.4 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 | 22°F | 7°F | 37°F 2006 | -23°F 1999 | 39% | 40% |
| Jan 2 | 21°F | 7°F | 39°F 2006 | -24°F 1999 | 39% | 40% |
| Jan 3 | 21°F | 6°F | 40°F 1997 | -19°F 2014 | 39% | 40% |
| Jan 4 | 21°F | 6°F | 43°F 2019 | -21°F 1940 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 5 | 21°F | 6°F | 40°F 2006 | -22°F 1999 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 6 | 21°F | 6°F | 39°F 2007 | -28°F 2014 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 7 | 20°F | 5°F | 43°F 2008 | -28°F 2014 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 8 | 20°F | 5°F | 41°F 2008 | -29°F 2014 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 9 | 20°F | 5°F | 44°F 2003 | -30°F 2014 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 10 | 20°F | 5°F | 43°F 2002 | -30°F 2014 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 11 | 20°F | 5°F | 41°F 2012 | -23°F 1999 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 12 | 20°F | 4°F | 44°F 2012 | -21°F 1999 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 13 | 20°F | 4°F | 39°F 2001 | -28°F 2015 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 14 | 19°F | 4°F | 40°F 1996 | -25°F 2018 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 15 | 19°F | 4°F | 35°F 2006 | -24°F 1994 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 16 | 19°F | 4°F | 34°F 2000 | -28°F 1940 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 17 | 19°F | 3°F | 39°F 2017 | -20°F 1971 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 18 | 19°F | 3°F | 43°F 2017 | -29°F 1994 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 19 | 19°F | 3°F | 48°F 2017 | -33°F 1994 | 39% | 41% |
| Jan 20 | 19°F | 3°F | 38°F 2017 | -30°F 1994 | 38% | 41% |
| Jan 21 | 19°F | 3°F | 37°F 2017 | -28°F 2025 | 38% | 41% |
| Jan 22 | 19°F | 3°F | 37°F 2017 | -22°F 2004 | 38% | 41% |
| Jan 23 | 19°F | 3°F | 42°F 2002 | -22°F 2004 | 38% | 40% |
| Jan 24 | 19°F | 3°F | 36°F 2015 | -33°F 2026 | 38% | 40% |
| Jan 25 | 19°F | 3°F | 36°F 2024 | -34°F 2026 | 38% | 40% |
| Jan 26 | 19°F | 3°F | 43°F 2002 | -34°F 2026 | 37% | 40% |
| Jan 27 | 19°F | 3°F | 46°F 2002 | -26°F 1997 | 37% | 40% |
| Jan 28 | 19°F | 3°F | 45°F 2006 | -24°F 2014 | 37% | 39% |
| Jan 29 | 19°F | 3°F | 40°F 2006 | -24°F 1991 | 36% | 39% |
| Jan 30 | 20°F | 3°F | 40°F 2016 | -23°F 2019 | 36% | 39% |
| Jan 31 | 20°F | 3°F | 42°F 2024 | -32°F 2019 | 36% | 38% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:36 AM, sunset 4:22 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:00 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00474582 (Laona 6 Sw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00472314, 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.