Climate averages 1991–2020
Gastonia weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Gastonia: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charlotte (31 km away). In January its highs average 9.8°C, about as warm as Gastonia, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gastonia ranks joint 248th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 418th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Gastonia is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 88 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
Gastonia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 98 | 9.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 88 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 114 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 97 | 8.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 79 | 10.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 101 | 12.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 105 | 15.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 97 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 86 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 89 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.0°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 101 | 9.1 | 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
- Charlotte in JanuaryUnited States · 31 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Rock Hill in JanuaryUnited States · 40 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 57 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in JanuaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Asheville in JanuaryUnited States · 129 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -2.6°C · 96 mm rain
- High Point in JanuaryUnited States · 132 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 141 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Greensboro in JanuaryUnited States · 155 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 93 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 Gastonia) is explained once on the Gastonia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.