Climate averages 1991–2020
Fayetteville, United States weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Fayetteville, United States: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Springdale (14 km away). In January its highs average 7.3°C, about as warm as Fayetteville, United States, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fayetteville, United States ranks joint 292nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 205th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Fayetteville, United States is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 70 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
Fayetteville, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 68 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 70 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 113 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 140 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 142 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 104 | 10.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 84 | 10.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 75 | 9.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 97 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 103 | 9.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 94 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 76 | 7.5 | 9.810 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
- Springdale in JanuaryUnited States · 14 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Fort Smith in JanuaryUnited States · 78 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in JanuaryUnited States · 147 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 149 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Tulsa in JanuaryUnited States · 165 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Little Rock in JanuaryUnited States · 224 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Edmond in JanuaryUnited States · 303 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in JanuaryUnited States · 310 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 37 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 Fayetteville) is explained once on the Fayetteville, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.