Independence Weather in January
Average highs run from 25°F on January 1 to 25°F on January 31, and lows from 7°F to 3°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.01 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
- 24°F
- Average low
- 4°F
- Precipitation
- 1.01 in
- Snowfall
- 10.0 in
- Record high
- 58°FJan 25, 1944
- Record low
- -32°FJan 17, 2009
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 55 min to 9 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 92%
- Dew point
- 10°F
- Wind
- 11.6 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 | 25°F | 7°F | 44°F 2007 | -19°F 1974 | 25% | 19% |
| Jan 2 | 25°F | 7°F | 40°F 2020 | -13°F 2018 | 25% | 20% |
| Jan 3 | 25°F | 6°F | 46°F 1998 | -17°F 2010 | 25% | 20% |
| Jan 4 | 25°F | 6°F | 48°F 2007 | -17°F 1942 | 25% | 20% |
| Jan 5 | 24°F | 6°F | 49°F 2019 | -24°F 2015 | 25% | 20% |
| Jan 6 | 24°F | 6°F | 54°F 2012 | -21°F 2014 | 25% | 20% |
| Jan 7 | 24°F | 5°F | 44°F 2012 | -21°F 2014 | 25% | 20% |
| Jan 8 | 24°F | 5°F | 50°F 2003 | -16°F 1999 | 25% | 20% |
| Jan 9 | 24°F | 5°F | 51°F 2003 | -18°F 1994 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 10 | 24°F | 5°F | 47°F 2002 | -18°F 1994 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 11 | 24°F | 4°F | 55°F 2012 | -10°F 1999 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 12 | 24°F | 4°F | 47°F 2013 | -20°F 1974 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 13 | 24°F | 4°F | 45°F 2006 | -23°F 2016 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 14 | 24°F | 4°F | 53°F 1996 | -20°F 1994 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 15 | 24°F | 4°F | 39°F 1942 | -25°F 2009 | 26% | 21% |
| Jan 16 | 24°F | 4°F | 49°F 1974 | -30°F 2009 | 26% | 21% |
| Jan 17 | 24°F | 3°F | 45°F 1999 | -32°F 2009 | 26% | 21% |
| Jan 18 | 24°F | 3°F | 46°F 1996 | -29°F 1994 | 26% | 22% |
| Jan 19 | 24°F | 3°F | 47°F 2013 | -27°F 1994 | 26% | 22% |
| Jan 20 | 24°F | 3°F | 46°F 1944 | -30°F 1994 | 26% | 22% |
| Jan 21 | 24°F | 3°F | 42°F 1944 | -27°F 1994 | 26% | 22% |
| Jan 22 | 24°F | 3°F | 46°F 1942 | -27°F 1994 | 26% | 22% |
| Jan 23 | 24°F | 3°F | 51°F 2002 | -20°F 2011 | 26% | 22% |
| Jan 24 | 24°F | 3°F | 44°F 1994 | -20°F 2011 | 26% | 22% |
| Jan 25 | 24°F | 3°F | 58°F 1944 | -21°F 2008 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 26 | 24°F | 3°F | 54°F 1944 | -20°F 1943 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 27 | 24°F | 3°F | 55°F 2002 | -20°F 2022 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 28 | 24°F | 3°F | 52°F 2002 | -18°F 1997 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 29 | 24°F | 3°F | 53°F 2002 | -18°F 1997 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 30 | 25°F | 3°F | 48°F 2024 | -27°F 2019 | 25% | 21% |
| Jan 31 | 25°F | 3°F | 54°F 2025 | -32°F 2019 | 25% | 21% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:42 AM, sunset 4:37 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 5:14 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00470882 (Blair), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00219072, 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.