Climate averages 1991–2020
Lancaster weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Lancaster: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palmdale (13 km away). In January its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Lancaster, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lancaster ranks joint 164th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 94th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Lancaster is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 47 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
Lancaster climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 41 | 4.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 47 | 5.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.6°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 31 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 11 | 1.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 34.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 34.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 31.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 8.3 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 9.7 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 13.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 30 | 3.6 | 9.910 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
- Palmdale in JanuaryUnited States · 13 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Santa Clarita in JanuaryUnited States · 50 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Valencia, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 52 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Burbank in JanuaryUnited States · 60 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Pasadena (California), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 61 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Glendale (California), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 63 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 86 mm rain
- El Monte in JanuaryUnited States · 71 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 84 mm rain
- West Covina in JanuaryUnited States · 72 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 84 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 Lancaster) is explained once on the Lancaster year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.