Somerset East climate

Somerset East Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Somerset East, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 31°C on January 1 to 31°C on January 31, and lows from 14°C to 14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 94 mm over about 15 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Somerset East, in °C, with the record for each date.01020304050151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
31°C
Average low
14°C
Precipitation
94 mm
Reanalysis high
42°CJan 4, 2016
Reanalysis low
5°CJan 11, 1998
Daylight
14 h 16 min to 13 h 41 min
Cloud cover
47%
Humidity
62%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
15.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 131°C14°C39°C 20177°C 200145%
Jan 231°C14°C38°C 20037°C 200144%
Jan 331°C14°C39°C 20166°C 200145%
Jan 431°C14°C42°C 20168°C 200145%
Jan 531°C14°C41°C 19938°C 201345%
Jan 631°C14°C41°C 199512°C 200247%
Jan 731°C14°C40°C 19938°C 200248%
Jan 831°C14°C39°C 20097°C 200249%
Jan 931°C14°C37°C 20196°C 199148%
Jan 1031°C14°C37°C 20157°C 199847%
Jan 1131°C14°C39°C 20075°C 199848%
Jan 1231°C14°C41°C 20019°C 200049%
Jan 1330°C14°C39°C 20188°C 200050%
Jan 1430°C14°C40°C 19917°C 200148%
Jan 1530°C14°C40°C 19916°C 200148%
Jan 1630°C14°C39°C 202010°C 200548%
Jan 1731°C14°C36°C 20189°C 201548%
Jan 1831°C14°C39°C 20109°C 200049%
Jan 1930°C14°C38°C 20119°C 199548%
Jan 2030°C14°C35°C 19919°C 201949%
Jan 2130°C14°C39°C 201910°C 199548%
Jan 2230°C14°C38°C 20178°C 199448%
Jan 2330°C14°C37°C 20138°C 199448%
Jan 2430°C14°C40°C 201511°C 199348%
Jan 2530°C14°C36°C 19978°C 199348%
Jan 2630°C14°C38°C 19929°C 201748%
Jan 2730°C14°C38°C 19999°C 202048%
Jan 2830°C14°C38°C 20148°C 199648%
Jan 2930°C14°C38°C 201910°C 201749%
Jan 3030°C14°C39°C 201611°C 201048%
Jan 3131°C14°C40°C 20209°C 199348%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Somerset East, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

January 1
sunrise 5:13 AM, sunset 7:29 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:40 AM, sunset 7:21 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.