Climate averages 1991–2020
Newport News weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Newport News: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is East Hampton (11 km away). In January its highs average 8.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Newport News, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Newport News ranks 259th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 331st of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Newport News is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 79 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
Newport News climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 87 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 79 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 100 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 83 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 94 | 10.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 95 | 11.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 116 | 14.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 111 | 12.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 115 | 10.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 95 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 85 | 8.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 88 | 9.1 | 9.710 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
- East Hampton in JanuaryUnited States · 11 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in JanuaryUnited States · 19 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Norfolk in JanuaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Suffolk in JanuaryUnited States · 31 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Virginia Beach in JanuaryUnited States · 43 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Richmond in JanuaryUnited States · 111 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Greenville in JanuaryUnited States · 174 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 210 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.9°C · 77 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 Newport News) is explained once on the Newport News year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.