Climate averages 1991–2020
Rochester (Minnesota), United States weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Rochester (Minnesota), United States: daytime highs average -4.8°C and nights cool to about -13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloomington (Minnesota), United States (112 km away). In January its highs average -5.1°C, about as warm as Rochester (Minnesota), United States, with 26 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rochester (Minnesota), United States ranks 489th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 56th of 498 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Rochester (Minnesota), United States is 14.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to -2.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 29 mm to 30 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
Rochester (Minnesota), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -4.8°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 29 | 6.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | -2.1°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 30 | 5.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 5.1°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 60 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 92 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 115 | 13.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 131 | 12.3 | 15.415 h |
| July | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 97 | 10.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 25.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 96 | 10.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 84 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 68 | 9.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.3°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 49 | 6.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | -1.9°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 37 | 7.1 | 9.09 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
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 112 kmHigh -5.1°C · Low -13.3°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Saint Paul in JanuaryUnited States · 114 kmHigh -5.1°C · Low -13.5°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Minneapolis in JanuaryUnited States · 124 kmHigh -5.3°C · Low -13.7°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Plymouth, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 135 kmHigh -5.5°C · Low -13.6°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Brooklyn Park in JanuaryUnited States · 138 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -13.9°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Cedar Rapids in JanuaryUnited States · 234 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -11.1°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Madison in JanuaryUnited States · 269 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -11.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Iowa City in JanuaryUnited States · 273 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -10.3°C · 39 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 Rochester) is explained once on the Rochester (Minnesota), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.