Climate averages 1991–2020
Tallahassee weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Tallahassee: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Albany (Georgia), United States (127 km away). In January its highs average 15.0°C, 1.4°C cooler than Tallahassee, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tallahassee ranks joint 117th of 498 for the warmest January highs and 417th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Tallahassee is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 84 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
Tallahassee climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 97 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 84 | 7.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 108 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 71 | 7.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 59 | 8.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 141 | 16.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 144 | 19.9 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 147 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 102 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 70 | 6.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 17.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 86 | 7.4 | 10.210 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
- Albany (Georgia), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 127 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Gainesville in JanuaryUnited States · 208 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 235 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Warner Robins in JanuaryUnited States · 250 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Jacksonville in JanuaryUnited States · 252 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Macon in JanuaryUnited States · 274 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Spring Hill in JanuaryUnited States · 276 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Montgomery in JanuaryUnited States · 288 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 106 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 Tallahassee) is explained once on the Tallahassee year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.