Harrismith Weather in January
Average highs run from 25°C on January 1 to 24°C on January 31, and lows from 11°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 158 mm over about 25 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 24°C
- Average low
- 11°C
- Precipitation
- 158 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 36°CJan 6, 2016
- Reanalysis low
- 2°CJan 3, 2001
- Daylight
- 13 h 54 min to 13 h 25 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 70%
- Dew point
- 11°C
- Wind
- 12.2 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 25°C | 11°C | 29°C 2017 | 5°C 2007 | 80% |
| Jan 2 | 25°C | 11°C | 30°C 2017 | 4°C 2001 | 81% |
| Jan 3 | 25°C | 11°C | 30°C 2012 | 2°C 2001 | 80% |
| Jan 4 | 25°C | 11°C | 31°C 2016 | 5°C 2001 | 80% |
| Jan 5 | 25°C | 11°C | 34°C 2016 | 7°C 2001 | 79% |
| Jan 6 | 25°C | 11°C | 36°C 2016 | 10°C 2001 | 78% |
| Jan 7 | 25°C | 11°C | 35°C 2016 | 8°C 2011 | 76% |
| Jan 8 | 25°C | 11°C | 31°C 1993 | 8°C 2007 | 74% |
| Jan 9 | 25°C | 11°C | 29°C 2019 | 6°C 2008 | 74% |
| Jan 10 | 25°C | 11°C | 29°C 2016 | 4°C 1998 | 74% |
| Jan 11 | 25°C | 11°C | 30°C 2019 | 7°C 1992 | 73% |
| Jan 12 | 25°C | 11°C | 30°C 2019 | 5°C 1993 | 73% |
| Jan 13 | 25°C | 11°C | 31°C 2019 | 6°C 2000 | 74% |
| Jan 14 | 24°C | 11°C | 32°C 2019 | 6°C 2000 | 75% |
| Jan 15 | 24°C | 11°C | 32°C 2019 | 8°C 2000 | 75% |
| Jan 16 | 24°C | 11°C | 30°C 2003 | 7°C 2001 | 74% |
| Jan 17 | 24°C | 11°C | 30°C 2020 | 7°C 2000 | 74% |
| Jan 18 | 24°C | 11°C | 32°C 2019 | 3°C 2000 | 75% |
| Jan 19 | 24°C | 12°C | 28°C 1993 | 5°C 2000 | 77% |
| Jan 20 | 24°C | 12°C | 27°C 2012 | 7°C 2000 | 77% |
| Jan 21 | 24°C | 12°C | 30°C 1993 | 8°C 2019 | 78% |
| Jan 22 | 24°C | 12°C | 32°C 2019 | 9°C 1992 | 79% |
| Jan 23 | 24°C | 12°C | 32°C 2019 | 9°C 1994 | 80% |
| Jan 24 | 24°C | 12°C | 30°C 2019 | 9°C 1994 | 80% |
| Jan 25 | 24°C | 12°C | 30°C 2019 | 9°C 1993 | 80% |
| Jan 26 | 24°C | 12°C | 29°C 1995 | 7°C 1993 | 80% |
| Jan 27 | 24°C | 12°C | 29°C 1995 | 7°C 1996 | 79% |
| Jan 28 | 24°C | 12°C | 29°C 1992 | 6°C 1996 | 80% |
| Jan 29 | 24°C | 12°C | 29°C 1995 | 6°C 1996 | 79% |
| Jan 30 | 24°C | 12°C | 30°C 2003 | 8°C 1996 | 77% |
| Jan 31 | 24°C | 12°C | 29°C 2019 | 8°C 2000 | 77% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- January 1
- sunrise 5:10 AM, sunset 7:04 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 5:34 AM, sunset 6:59 PM
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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.