Climate averages 1991–2020
Montgomery weather
in January.
A cool, 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 cool month in Montgomery: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Columbus, United States (124 km away). In January its highs average 13.6°C, about as warm as Montgomery, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Montgomery ranks joint 188th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 433rd of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Montgomery is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 110 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
Montgomery climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 106 | 9.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 110 | 9.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 111 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 95 | 8.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 79 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 95 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 90 | 13.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 78 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 73 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 96 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 110 | 9.6 | 10.110 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
- Columbus, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 124 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Hoover in JanuaryUnited States · 125 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 137 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in JanuaryUnited States · 151 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 123 mm rain
- South Fulton in JanuaryUnited States · 204 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Albany (Georgia), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 220 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Atlanta in JanuaryUnited States · 235 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Mobile in JanuaryUnited States · 249 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 119 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 Montgomery) is explained once on the Montgomery year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.