Climate averages 1991–2020
Lansing weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Lansing: daytime highs average -1.0°C and nights cool to about -8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Flint (77 km away). In January its highs average -1.2°C, about as warm as Lansing, with 59 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lansing ranks joint 465th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 175th of 498 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Lansing is 10.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 62 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Lansing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -1.0°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 62 | 10.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.7°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 52 | 7.8 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 60 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 95 | 11.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 101 | 12.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 94 | 11.1 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 79 | 10.5 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 84 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 71 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 76 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 65 | 9.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 56 | 9.4 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Flint in JanuaryUnited States · 77 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 59 mm precipitation
- Ann Arbor in JanuaryUnited States · 84 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.3°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Waterford in JanuaryUnited States · 94 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -8.5°C · 59 mm precipitation
- Grand Rapids in JanuaryUnited States · 94 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -8.2°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Wyoming in JanuaryUnited States · 96 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -8.1°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Kalamazoo in JanuaryUnited States · 98 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 70 mm precipitation
- Canton (Michigan), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 100 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -7.9°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Farmington Hills in JanuaryUnited States · 100 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -8.3°C · 60 mm precipitation
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 Lansing) is explained once on the Lansing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.