Chapel Hill weather in January: Chapel Hill, North Carolina: normal highs, lows, rain and records for January
Chapel Hill in January has a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 32°F, a daily mean of 42°F, holding near 51°F all month. Measurable precipitation falls on 10 days in a normal January, 3.39 inches in all. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a normal high of 11°C and low of 0°C, 86 mm of precipitation in January.
- NOAA stationChapel Hill Williams Airport
- Station IDUSW00093785
- Location35.93°N 79.06°W
- Elevation512 ft (156 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population64,028
- Jan 51° 32°
- Feb 55° 34°
- Mar 63° 40°
- Apr 72° 48°
- May 79° 57°
- Jun 86° 65°
- Jul 90° 69°
- Aug 88° 68°
- Sep 82° 62°
- Oct 72° 50°
- Nov 62° 40°
- Dec 54° 35°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
How warm is Chapel Hill in January?
The normal high is 51°F and the normal low 32°F, for a daily mean of 41.5°F. January is 2.9°F cooler than December and 2.8°F cooler than February. January is the 12th warmest month of the year in Chapel Hill and the 8th wettest. From one year to the next January's mean temperature typically moves about 3.3°F either way (NOAA's standard deviation), so roughly two Januarys in three average between 38°F and 45°F.
Bars above: each day's normal high to low. Columns below: the chance of 0.01 inch or more of precipitation that day, on a scale of 0 to 100% (highest 32%).
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 52°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% |
| January 8 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% |
| January 15 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% |
| January 22 | 51°F | 31°F | 32% | 19% |
| January 31 | 52°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% |
Every day of January: normal high, low and chance of precipitation (warmest afternoon January 31, coldest night January 17)
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 52°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 2 | 52°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 3 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 4 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 5 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 6 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 7 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 8 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 9 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 10 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 11 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 12 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 13 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 10 h |
| January 14 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 10 h |
| January 15 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 10 h |
| January 16 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 18% | 10 h |
| January 17 | 51°F | 31°F | 32% | 18% | 10 h |
| January 18 | 51°F | 31°F | 32% | 18% | 10 h |
| January 19 | 51°F | 31°F | 32% | 18% | 10 h |
| January 20 | 51°F | 31°F | 32% | 18% | 10 h |
| January 21 | 51°F | 31°F | 32% | 18% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 22 | 51°F | 31°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 23 | 51°F | 31°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 24 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 25 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 26 | 51°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 27 | 52°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 28 | 52°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 29 | 52°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 30 | 52°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 31 | 52°F | 32°F | 32% | 19% | 10 h 20 min |
- Normal high
- 51°FJanuary average
- Normal low
- 32°FJanuary average
- Precipitation
- 3.39 inmonth total
- Days with precipitation
- 100.01 inch or more
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 20
- Daylight
- 9 h 50 min to 10 h 20 minJanuary 1 to January 31
- Days at 70°F or more
- 2
- Sunshine
- 75%of clear-sky sunlight (NASA)
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily normals, station USW00093785; monthly normals. Daylight is computed from the place's latitude with NOAA's solar equations.
Does it rain in Chapel Hill in January?
On a given January day the chance of 0.01 inch or more is 32% on average, highest around January 31 (32%). In all, 3.39 in falls on 10 days of a normal January, 1 of them with an inch or more.
In a normal January in Chapel Hill, 20 nights fall to freezing and 2 days stay below freezing all day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily and monthly normals, station USW00093785.
How does January in Chapel Hill compare across North Carolina?
Across the 131 places PlainClimate covers in North Carolina, January normal highs run from 35°F in Beech Mountain to 60°F in Southport; Chapel Hill's is 51°F.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals for every station in the state.
Other months and places
- Chapel Hill in December54°F by day, 35°F at night
- Chapel Hill in February55°F by day, 34°F at night
- Chapel Hill through the yearEvery month, frost dates, records and recent years
- North Carolina in JanuaryThe statewide normal and the warmest and coolest places
- Southport: North Carolina's warmest Januarynormal high 60°F