Climate averages 1991–2020
Greenburgh weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Greenburgh: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yonkers (12 km away). In January its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Greenburgh, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greenburgh ranks joint 380th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 296th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Greenburgh is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 4.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 77 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
Greenburgh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.6°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 83 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.0°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 77 | 8.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.3°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 105 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 93 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 87 | 11.2 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 | 10.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 97 | 10.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 100 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 95 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 100 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 80 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 103 | 9.8 | 9.39 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
- Yonkers in JanuaryUnited States · 12 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.8°C · 84 mm rain
- The Bronx in JanuaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Stamford in JanuaryUnited States · 26 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Manhattan in JanuaryUnited States · 30 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Paterson in JanuaryUnited States · 30 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Passaic in JanuaryUnited States · 31 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Norwalk in JanuaryUnited States · 38 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -4.1°C · 84 mm rain
- New York City in JanuaryUnited States · 38 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.8°C · 81 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 Greenburgh) is explained once on the Greenburgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.