Piet Retief climate

Piet Retief Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 30°C on January 1 to 30°C on January 31, and lows from 17°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 124 mm over about 20 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Piet Retief, 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
30°C
Average low
17°C
Precipitation
124 mm
Reanalysis high
40°CJan 16, 2003
Reanalysis low
9°CJan 30, 1996
Daylight
13 h 48 min to 13 h 22 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
16°C
Wind
10.8 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 130°C17°C36°C 199112°C 200164%
Jan 230°C17°C34°C 200310°C 200165%
Jan 330°C17°C36°C 20129°C 200164%
Jan 430°C17°C35°C 202010°C 200163%
Jan 530°C17°C39°C 202010°C 200163%
Jan 630°C17°C38°C 201612°C 199462%
Jan 730°C17°C38°C 201613°C 199464%
Jan 830°C17°C38°C 201814°C 200864%
Jan 930°C17°C36°C 201312°C 199164%
Jan 1030°C17°C38°C 200112°C 199563%
Jan 1130°C17°C35°C 200512°C 199162%
Jan 1230°C17°C37°C 201914°C 199362%
Jan 1330°C17°C39°C 201912°C 199362%
Jan 1429°C17°C36°C 200412°C 200062%
Jan 1529°C17°C38°C 200413°C 200064%
Jan 1629°C17°C40°C 200313°C 200164%
Jan 1729°C17°C37°C 200212°C 201764%
Jan 1829°C17°C37°C 199812°C 200064%
Jan 1929°C17°C37°C 201010°C 200065%
Jan 2029°C17°C35°C 200312°C 200065%
Jan 2129°C17°C36°C 200211°C 201965%
Jan 2229°C17°C36°C 200713°C 201964%
Jan 2329°C17°C38°C 200213°C 199564%
Jan 2429°C17°C36°C 199214°C 201362%
Jan 2529°C17°C34°C 201715°C 199362%
Jan 2629°C17°C37°C 202014°C 199362%
Jan 2730°C17°C35°C 200714°C 199662%
Jan 2830°C17°C39°C 199513°C 199663%
Jan 2930°C17°C33°C 199211°C 199664%
Jan 3030°C17°C38°C 20039°C 199662%
Jan 3130°C17°C34°C 199712°C 199661%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 5:06 AM, sunset 6:54 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:29 AM, sunset 6:51 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.