Climate averages 1991–2020
Greenville weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Greenville: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 1.9°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 joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Raleigh (116 km away). In January its highs average 9.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Greenville, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greenville ranks 233rd 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; Greenville is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 79 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
Greenville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 94 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 79 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 93 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 80 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 94 | 10.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 113 | 13.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 136 | 16.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 14.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 132 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 90 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 90 | 9.2 | 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
- Raleigh in JanuaryUnited States · 116 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Cary in JanuaryUnited States · 129 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Suffolk in JanuaryUnited States · 143 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Durham in JanuaryUnited States · 145 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Fayetteville in JanuaryUnited States · 151 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in JanuaryUnited States · 161 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 162 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Norfolk in JanuaryUnited States · 168 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 87 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 Greenville) is explained once on the Greenville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.