Climate averages 1991–2020

Jonesboro weather
in January.

A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 8.3°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -0.1°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 93 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cool month in Jonesboro: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Memphis (97 km away). In January its highs average 9.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Jonesboro, with 98 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Jonesboro ranks joint 271st of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 380th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Jonesboro is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 100 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jonesboro climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jonesboro, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	8.3°C-0.1°C	-0.1°C	93	9.1	10.010 h
February	10.7°C1.6°C	1.6°C	100	8.6	10.911 h
March	15.7°C6.0°C	6.0°C	126	11.3	11.912 h
April	21.0°C11.3°C	11.3°C	127	10.4	13.113 h
May	25.7°C16.5°C	16.5°C	113	11.3	14.014 h
June	30.1°C21.1°C	21.1°C	82	9.4	14.515 h
July	31.8°C23.3°C	23.3°C	83	9.7	14.314 h
August	31.4°C22.6°C	22.6°C	70	8.4	13.514 h
September	27.9°C18.8°C	18.8°C	79	7.1	12.412 h
October	21.9°C12.7°C	12.7°C	96	7.7	11.311 h
November	14.9°C6.4°C	6.4°C	107	8.6	10.310 h
December	9.8°C1.8°C	1.8°C	112	8.7	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

Distance from Jonesboro

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jonesboro) is explained once on the Jonesboro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.