Carolina climate

Carolina Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 26°C on January 1 to 26°C on January 31, and lows from 13°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 140 mm over about 22 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Carolina, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
26°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
140 mm
Reanalysis high
37°CJan 6, 2016
Reanalysis low
5°CJan 3, 2001
Daylight
13 h 44 min to 13 h 18 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
13°C
Wind
11.5 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 126°C13°C31°C 20169°C 200771%
Jan 226°C13°C30°C 19957°C 200172%
Jan 326°C13°C31°C 20035°C 200172%
Jan 426°C13°C33°C 20167°C 200172%
Jan 526°C13°C34°C 20168°C 200171%
Jan 626°C13°C37°C 20169°C 199471%
Jan 726°C13°C37°C 201611°C 199470%
Jan 826°C13°C33°C 201810°C 200770%
Jan 926°C13°C32°C 19929°C 200870%
Jan 1026°C13°C31°C 20019°C 200370%
Jan 1126°C13°C32°C 20019°C 200369%
Jan 1226°C13°C32°C 20049°C 199370%
Jan 1326°C13°C32°C 20049°C 200071%
Jan 1426°C13°C33°C 20038°C 200072%
Jan 1526°C13°C32°C 200410°C 200072%
Jan 1626°C13°C32°C 200311°C 201273%
Jan 1726°C13°C32°C 19938°C 201773%
Jan 1826°C13°C31°C 20026°C 201773%
Jan 1926°C13°C32°C 19936°C 200072%
Jan 2026°C13°C31°C 20039°C 200072%
Jan 2126°C13°C30°C 20028°C 200072%
Jan 2226°C13°C32°C 20199°C 200072%
Jan 2326°C13°C33°C 201910°C 201372%
Jan 2426°C13°C31°C 200110°C 201371%
Jan 2526°C13°C31°C 201911°C 199471%
Jan 2626°C13°C32°C 199510°C 199371%
Jan 2726°C13°C32°C 19959°C 199670%
Jan 2826°C13°C32°C 19958°C 199670%
Jan 2926°C13°C31°C 20037°C 199671%
Jan 3026°C13°C33°C 20038°C 199670%
Jan 3126°C13°C31°C 20039°C 199669%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Carolina, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 5:11 AM, sunset 6:55 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:34 AM, sunset 6:52 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.