Climate averages 1991–2020
Evansville weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Evansville: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloomington (Indiana), United States (160 km away). In January its highs average 3.2°C, 2.1°C cooler than Evansville, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Evansville ranks joint 316th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 398th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Evansville is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Evansville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.2°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 94 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.8°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 85 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 111 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 130 | 12.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 123 | 13.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 98 | 11.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 86 | 10.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 76 | 8.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 82 | 7.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 90 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 95 | 8.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 102 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 160 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Louisville in JanuaryUnited States · 160 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Clarksville in JanuaryUnited States · 162 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Nashville in JanuaryUnited States · 212 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Indianapolis in JanuaryUnited States · 233 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.0°C · 80 mm precipitation
- Franklin in JanuaryUnited States · 236 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Decatur in JanuaryUnited States · 240 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.3°C · 69 mm precipitation
- St. Louis in JanuaryUnited States · 242 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -4.3°C · 70 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Evansville) is explained once on the Evansville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.