Climate averages 1991–2020
Redding weather
in January.
A cool, very 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 Redding: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chico (106 km away). In January its highs average 13.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than Redding, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Redding ranks joint 218th of 498 for the warmest January highs and 498th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Redding is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 236 mm to 218 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
Redding climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 236 | 12.5 | 9.610 h |
| February | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 218 | 11.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 189 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 94 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 26.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 58 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 24 | 2.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 36.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.3 | 0.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 35.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.9 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 32.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 13 | 1.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 24.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 70 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 142 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 11.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 253 | 12.9 | 9.39 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
- Chico in JanuaryUnited States · 106 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 184 mm rain
- Medford in JanuaryUnited States · 198 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Roseville in JanuaryUnited States · 225 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Citrus Heights in JanuaryUnited States · 230 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Sacramento in JanuaryUnited States · 236 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Folsom in JanuaryUnited States · 236 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Arden-Arcade in JanuaryUnited States · 237 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Santa Rosa, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 240 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 145 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 Redding) is explained once on the Redding year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.