January Weather in Hughson United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 54°F to 59°F, rarely falling below 46°F or exceeding 66°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 2°F, from 39°F to 41°F, rarely falling below 30°F or exceeding 50°F.

For reference, on July 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Hughson typically range from 65°F to 96°F, while on December 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 39°F to 54°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on January. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Córdoba, Spain (5,830 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Hughson (view comparison).

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The month of January in Hughson experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 51% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is January 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 50% of the time.

For reference, on February 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 52%, while on July 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 92%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Hughson, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 25% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 29% on February 20, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 31.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during January in Hughson is essentially constant, remaining about 3.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 6.4 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of January in Hughson, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 41 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 21 seconds, and weekly increase of 9 minutes, 27 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 9 hours, 37 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 18 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Hughson is 7:18 AM on January 6 and the earliest sunrise is 11 minutes earlier at 7:08 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 4:55 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 30 minutes later at 5:25 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Hughson during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:42 AM and sets 14 hours, 46 minutes later, at 8:28 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:15 AM and sets 9 hours, 34 minutes later, at 4:48 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for January 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Hughson is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 18, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Hughson is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 5.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on June 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour, while on November 1, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.4 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during January is 5.5 miles per hour on January 21.

The wind direction in Hughson during January is predominantly out of the north from January 1 to January 8 and from January 15 to January 29 and the south from January 8 to January 15 and from January 29 to January 31.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Hughson typically lasts for 11 months (320 days), from around January 22 to around December 7, rarely starting after February 22, or ending before November 17.

During January in Hughson, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is rapidly increasing rising from 27% to 63% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Hughson are gradually increasing during January, increasing by 51°F, from 1°F to 52°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Hughson is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 2.3 kWh to 2.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Hughson are 37.597 deg latitude, -120.866 deg longitude, and 121 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Hughson is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 75 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 118 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (230 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (5,810 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Hughson is covered by cropland (86%) and artificial surfaces (14%), within 10 miles by cropland (78%) and artificial surfaces (20%), and within 50 miles by cropland (37%) and grassland (36%).