Climate averages 1991–2020
Lynchburg weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Lynchburg: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about -1.4°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 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roanoke (72 km away). In January its highs average 6.9°C, about as warm as Lynchburg, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lynchburg ranks joint 289th 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; Lynchburg is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 81 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
Lynchburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 94 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 81 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 105 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 12.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 74 | 9.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 104 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 86 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 96 | 8.3 | 9.610 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
- Roanoke in JanuaryUnited States · 72 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Richmond in JanuaryUnited States · 149 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Durham in JanuaryUnited States · 159 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Greensboro in JanuaryUnited States · 160 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in JanuaryUnited States · 176 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.8°C · 92 mm rain
- High Point in JanuaryUnited States · 179 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Cary in JanuaryUnited States · 183 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Raleigh in JanuaryUnited States · 188 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 93 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 Lynchburg) is explained once on the Lynchburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.