Driefontein climate

Driefontein Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 28°C on January 1 to 27°C on January 31, and lows from 15°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 146 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 Driefontein, 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
27°C
Average low
15°C
Precipitation
146 mm
Reanalysis high
40°CJan 7, 2016
Reanalysis low
6°CJan 3, 2001
Daylight
13 h 48 min to 13 h 21 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
15°C
Wind
7.6 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 128°C15°C32°C 199110°C 200174%
Jan 228°C15°C32°C 20178°C 200174%
Jan 328°C15°C33°C 20206°C 200173%
Jan 428°C15°C34°C 20168°C 200173%
Jan 528°C15°C35°C 20169°C 200172%
Jan 628°C15°C39°C 201610°C 199471%
Jan 728°C15°C40°C 201612°C 201171%
Jan 828°C15°C36°C 201810°C 200770%
Jan 928°C15°C33°C 200910°C 200870%
Jan 1027°C15°C33°C 200110°C 199570%
Jan 1127°C15°C33°C 201910°C 200370%
Jan 1227°C15°C35°C 201911°C 199371%
Jan 1327°C15°C37°C 201910°C 200072%
Jan 1427°C15°C34°C 200410°C 200073%
Jan 1527°C15°C34°C 201811°C 200073%
Jan 1627°C15°C35°C 200311°C 200173%
Jan 1727°C15°C33°C 199310°C 201773%
Jan 1827°C15°C35°C 20198°C 201773%
Jan 1927°C15°C33°C 19938°C 200072%
Jan 2027°C15°C33°C 200311°C 200073%
Jan 2127°C15°C33°C 199310°C 200073%
Jan 2227°C15°C34°C 201911°C 199573%
Jan 2327°C15°C34°C 201912°C 199573%
Jan 2427°C15°C32°C 201712°C 201372%
Jan 2527°C15°C34°C 201912°C 199372%
Jan 2627°C15°C34°C 202011°C 199371%
Jan 2727°C15°C33°C 199511°C 199670%
Jan 2827°C15°C35°C 199510°C 199670%
Jan 2927°C15°C32°C 20209°C 199670%
Jan 3027°C15°C35°C 20039°C 199670%
Jan 3127°C15°C31°C 201610°C 199668%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 5:08 AM, sunset 6:56 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:31 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.