Houma weather in January: Houma, Louisiana: normal highs, lows, rain and records for January
Houma in January has a normal high of 64°F and a normal low of 44°F, a daily mean of 54°F, holding near 64°F all month. Measurable precipitation falls on 10 days in a normal January, 5.57 inches in all. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a normal high of 18°C and low of 6°C, 141 mm of precipitation in January.
- NOAA stationHouma
- Station IDUSC00164407
- Location29.64°N 90.82°W
- Elevation8 ft (2 m)
- Population31,671
- Jan 64° 44°
- Feb 67° 48°
- Mar 73° 54°
- Apr 78° 60°
- May 85° 67°
- Jun 90° 73°
- Jul 91° 74°
- Aug 91° 75°
- Sep 89° 71°
- Oct 82° 61°
- Nov 72° 52°
- Dec 66° 46°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
How warm is Houma in January?
The normal high is 64°F and the normal low 44°F, for a daily mean of 53.7°F. January is 2.3°F cooler than December and 3.8°F cooler than February. January is the 12th warmest month of the year in Houma and the 5th wettest. Across the month the normal high rises 1°F, from 64°F on January 1 to 65°F on January 31. From one year to the next January's mean temperature typically moves about 4.2°F either way (NOAA's standard deviation), so roughly two Januarys in three average between 50°F and 58°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 33%).
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 64°F | 44°F | 33% | 20% |
| January 8 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 21% |
| January 15 | 64°F | 43°F | 32% | 22% |
| January 22 | 64°F | 44°F | 30% | 22% |
| January 31 | 65°F | 45°F | 29% | 22% |
Every day of January: normal high, low and chance of precipitation (warmest afternoon January 31, coldest night January 10)
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 64°F | 44°F | 33% | 20% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 2 | 64°F | 44°F | 33% | 21% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 3 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 21% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 4 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 21% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 5 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 21% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 6 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 21% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 7 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 21% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 8 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 21% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 9 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 21% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 10 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 21% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 11 | 64°F | 43°F | 33% | 22% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 12 | 64°F | 43°F | 32% | 22% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 13 | 64°F | 43°F | 32% | 22% | 10 h 20 min |
| January 14 | 64°F | 43°F | 32% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 15 | 64°F | 43°F | 32% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 16 | 64°F | 43°F | 32% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 17 | 64°F | 43°F | 31% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 18 | 64°F | 43°F | 31% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 19 | 64°F | 43°F | 31% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 20 | 64°F | 43°F | 31% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 21 | 64°F | 43°F | 31% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 22 | 64°F | 44°F | 30% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 23 | 64°F | 44°F | 30% | 22% | 10 h 30 min |
| January 24 | 64°F | 44°F | 30% | 22% | 10 h 40 min |
| January 25 | 64°F | 44°F | 30% | 22% | 10 h 40 min |
| January 26 | 64°F | 44°F | 30% | 22% | 10 h 40 min |
| January 27 | 64°F | 44°F | 30% | 22% | 10 h 40 min |
| January 28 | 64°F | 44°F | 30% | 22% | 10 h 40 min |
| January 29 | 64°F | 44°F | 29% | 22% | 10 h 40 min |
| January 30 | 64°F | 45°F | 29% | 22% | 10 h 40 min |
| January 31 | 65°F | 45°F | 29% | 22% | 10 h 40 min |
- Normal high
- 64°FJanuary average
- Normal low
- 44°FJanuary average
- Precipitation
- 5.57 inmonth total
- Days with precipitation
- 100.01 inch or more
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 5
- Daylight
- 10 h 20 min to 10 h 40 minJanuary 1 to January 31
- Days at 70°F or more
- 11
- Days at 80°F or more
- 1
- Sunshine
- 75%of clear-sky sunlight (NASA)
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily normals, station USC00164407; monthly normals. Daylight is computed from the place's latitude with NOAA's solar equations.
Does it rain in Houma in January?
On a given January day the chance of 0.01 inch or more is 31% on average, highest around January 1 (33%). In all, 5.57 in falls on 10 days of a normal January, 2 of them with an inch or more.
In a normal January in Houma, 5 nights fall to freezing.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily and monthly normals, station USC00164407.
What are the records for January in Houma?
The warmest January temperature on this station's record (since 1893) is 88°F, on January 22, 1920; the coldest is 12°F, on January 11, 1962. The wettest January brought 15.53 in (1998).
Source: records: ACIS, station USC00164407. Records and recent months use complete months only.
How does January in Houma compare across Louisiana?
Across the 65 places PlainClimate covers in Louisiana, January normal highs run from 54°F in Lake Providence to 64°F in Houma; Houma's is 64°F.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals for every station in the state.