Climate averages 1991–2020
Wilmington (North Carolina), United States weather
in January.
A cool, 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 Wilmington (North Carolina), United States: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fayetteville (125 km away). In January its highs average 11.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Wilmington (North Carolina), United States, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wilmington (North Carolina), United States ranks joint 212th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 358th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Wilmington (North Carolina), United States is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 88 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
Wilmington (North Carolina), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 91 | 9.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 88 | 8.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 101 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 82 | 8.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 93 | 10.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 125 | 14.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 159 | 17.6 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 183 | 17.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 166 | 13.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 100 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 89 | 8.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 97 | 9.1 | 9.910 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
- Fayetteville in JanuaryUnited States · 125 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Greenville in JanuaryUnited States · 162 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Raleigh in JanuaryUnited States · 182 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Cary in JanuaryUnited States · 189 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Durham in JanuaryUnited States · 214 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 92 mm rain
- North Charleston in JanuaryUnited States · 243 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Charleston in JanuaryUnited States · 245 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Greensboro in JanuaryUnited States · 264 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 93 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 Wilmington) is explained once on the Wilmington (North Carolina), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.