Story Weather in January
Average highs run from 38°F on January 1 to 38°F on January 31, and lows from 14°F to 14°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.29 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
- 38°F
- Average low
- 15°F
- Precipitation
- 1.29 in
- Snowfall
- 18.2 in
- Record high
- 70°FJan 9, 1953
- Record low
- -35°FJan 12, 1997
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 54 min to 9 h 48 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 15°F
- Wind
- 12.1 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 | 38°F | 14°F | 64°F 1997 | -27°F 1974 | 28% | 29% |
| Jan 2 | 38°F | 14°F | 59°F 1998 | -25°F 1968 | 28% | 29% |
| Jan 3 | 38°F | 14°F | 61°F 2003 | -24°F 1959 | 28% | 29% |
| Jan 4 | 38°F | 14°F | 65°F 2020 | -30°F 1972 | 28% | 29% |
| Jan 5 | 38°F | 14°F | 67°F 2012 | -30°F 1979 | 28% | 29% |
| Jan 6 | 38°F | 14°F | 67°F 2006 | -25°F 1968 | 29% | 29% |
| Jan 7 | 38°F | 14°F | 67°F 2003 | -20°F 1968 | 29% | 29% |
| Jan 8 | 39°F | 15°F | 69°F 2002 | -28°F 1973 | 29% | 29% |
| Jan 9 | 39°F | 15°F | 70°F 1953 | -25°F 1973 | 29% | 29% |
| Jan 10 | 39°F | 15°F | 60°F 1953 | -21°F 1949 | 29% | 29% |
| Jan 11 | 39°F | 15°F | 69°F 1953 | -31°F 1997 | 29% | 29% |
| Jan 12 | 39°F | 15°F | 66°F 1953 | -35°F 1997 | 29% | 29% |
| Jan 13 | 39°F | 15°F | 66°F 2021 | -31°F 2024 | 29% | 29% |
| Jan 14 | 39°F | 15°F | 62°F 1995 | -24°F 1979 | 29% | 30% |
| Jan 15 | 39°F | 15°F | 70°F 1974 | -21°F 2024 | 29% | 30% |
| Jan 16 | 39°F | 15°F | 64°F 1974 | -20°F 1957 | 29% | 30% |
| Jan 17 | 39°F | 15°F | 60°F 2022 | -18°F 1984 | 29% | 30% |
| Jan 18 | 39°F | 15°F | 56°F 1989 | -30°F 1963 | 29% | 30% |
| Jan 19 | 39°F | 15°F | 61°F 2003 | -35°F 1963 | 30% | 30% |
| Jan 20 | 39°F | 15°F | 61°F 2009 | -28°F 1985 | 30% | 30% |
| Jan 21 | 39°F | 15°F | 62°F 1981 | -22°F 1949 | 30% | 30% |
| Jan 22 | 39°F | 15°F | 68°F 1981 | -24°F 1963 | 30% | 30% |
| Jan 23 | 39°F | 15°F | 65°F 2005 | -23°F 1963 | 30% | 31% |
| Jan 24 | 38°F | 15°F | 69°F 2005 | -28°F 1949 | 30% | 31% |
| Jan 25 | 38°F | 15°F | 60°F 2002 | -28°F 1949 | 30% | 31% |
| Jan 26 | 38°F | 15°F | 66°F 2015 | -28°F 1972 | 30% | 31% |
| Jan 27 | 38°F | 14°F | 58°F 1988 | -24°F 1972 | 31% | 31% |
| Jan 28 | 38°F | 14°F | 66°F 2024 | -28°F 1951 | 31% | 31% |
| Jan 29 | 38°F | 14°F | 61°F 2024 | -30°F 1951 | 31% | 32% |
| Jan 30 | 38°F | 14°F | 68°F 2024 | -28°F 1985 | 31% | 32% |
| Jan 31 | 38°F | 14°F | 66°F 1992 | -23°F 1951 | 31% | 32% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:44 AM, sunset 4:38 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:27 AM, sunset 5:15 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00488626 (Story), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024029, 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.