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January Weather at Carson Airport Nevada, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 43°F to 47°F, rarely falling below 31°F or exceeding 58°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 3°F, from 22°F to 25°F, rarely falling below 11°F or exceeding 35°F.

For reference, on July 28, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Carson Airport typically range from 52°F to 90°F, while on December 30, the coldest day of the year, they range from 22°F to 42°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in January at Carson Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in January at Carson AirportJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313110°F10°F15°F15°F20°F20°F25°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°FDecFebJan 143°FJan 143°F22°F22°FJan 3147°FJan 3147°F25°F25°FJan 1144°FJan 1144°F23°F23°FJan 2145°FJan 2145°F24°F24°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in January at Carson Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in January at Carson AirportJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMDecFebfreezingfreezingvery coldvery coldcoldcold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Kayseri, Turkey (6,836 miles away) and Borūjen, Iran (7,495 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Carson Airport (view comparison).

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The month of January at Carson Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 49% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is January 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 52% of the time.

For reference, on March 1, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 51%, while on July 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 89%.

Cloud Cover Categories in January at Carson Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in January at Carson AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%DecFebJan 150%Jan 150%Jan 3151%Jan 3151%Jan 1149%Jan 1149%Jan 2151%Jan 2151%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Carson Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 23% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 28% on February 23, and its lowest chance is 2% on August 15.

Over the course of January at Carson Airport, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 11% to 14%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 7% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 4% throughout.

Probability of Precipitation in January at Carson Airport

The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 at Carson Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 1.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.9 inches or falling below 0.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.7 inches on January 9.

Average Monthly Rainfall in January at Carson Airport

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during January at Carson Airport is decreasing, starting the month at 6.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 17.2 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 4.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.4 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 6.4 inches on January 1.

Average Monthly Snowfall in January at Carson Airport

Average Monthly Snowfall in January at Carson AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 in0 in2 in2 in4 in4 in6 in6 in8 in8 in10 in10 in12 in12 in14 in14 in16 in16 in18 in18 inDecFebJan 16.4 inJan 16.4 inJan 314.1 inJan 314.1 inJan 115.9 inJan 115.9 inJan 214.7 inJan 214.7 in
The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.

Over the course of January at Carson Airport, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 43 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 26 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 4 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 9 hours, 28 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 11 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in January at Carson Airport

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month at Carson Airport is 7:18 AM on January 5 and the earliest sunrise is 12 minutes earlier at 7:06 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 4:46 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 32 minutes later at 5:18 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Carson Airport 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 5:32 AM and sets 14 hours, 56 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, 25 minutes later, at 4:39 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in January at Carson Airport

The solar day over the course of January. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in January at Carson Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in January at Carson AirportJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMDecFeb001010202020300001010202030
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of January 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in January at Carson Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in January at Carson AirportJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMDecFebDec 123:33 PMDec 123:33 PMDec 264:34 PMDec 264:34 PMJan 113:58 AMJan 113:58 AMJan 259:55 AMJan 259:55 AMFeb 93:00 PMFeb 93:00 PMFeb 244:31 AMFeb 244:31 AM7:08 AM7:08 AM4:12 PM4:12 PM4:16 PM4:16 PM8:16 AM8:16 AM7:55 AM7:55 AM5:12 PM5:12 PM4:07 PM4:07 PM7:36 AM7:36 AM7:11 AM7:11 AM5:22 PM5:22 PM5:07 PM5:07 PM7:01 AM7:01 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Jan 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
74%-10:53 AMW10:24 PME4:12 AMS251,594 mi
2
65%-11:14 AMW11:23 PME4:51 AMS251,300 mi
3
50%-11:34 AMW-5:30 AMS250,182 mi
4
46%12:22 AME11:54 AMW-6:09 AMS248,245 mi
5
36%1:23 AMESE12:17 PMWSW-6:51 AMS245,562 mi
6
26%2:27 AMESE12:44 PMWSW-7:36 AMS242,280 mi
7
17%3:35 AMESE1:17 PMWSW-8:26 AMS238,620 mi
8
10%4:45 AMESE1:59 PMSW-9:22 AMS234,869 mi
9
4%5:55 AMSE2:52 PMSW-10:23 AMS231,356 mi
10
1%6:59 AMSE3:58 PMSW-11:28 AMS228,412 mi
11
0%7:55 AMSE5:12 PMWSW-12:34 PMS226,319 mi
12
3%8:40 AMESE6:32 PMWSW-1:36 PMS225,243 mi
13
8%9:17 AMESE7:50 PMWSW-2:34 PMS225,217 mi
14
16%9:48 AMESE9:06 PMW-3:26 PMS226,143 mi
15
26%10:15 AME10:20 PMW-4:16 PMS227,833 mi
16
38%10:40 AME11:31 PMW-5:03 PMS230,058 mi
17
50%11:05 AMENE--5:50 PMS232,588 mi
18
60%-12:42 AMWNW11:31 AMENE6:38 PMS235,232 mi
19
71%-1:53 AMWNW12:01 PMENE7:28 PMS237,848 mi
20
80%-3:03 AMWNW12:37 PMENE8:20 PMS240,348 mi
21
88%-4:11 AMNW1:19 PMNE9:15 PMS242,684 mi
22
94%-5:15 AMNW2:09 PMNE10:10 PMS244,838 mi
23
98%-6:11 AMNW3:05 PMNE11:04 PMS246,796 mi
24
100%-6:58 AMNW4:07 PMNE11:55 PMS248,536 mi
25
100%-7:36 AMWNW5:11 PMENE--
26
100%-8:08 AMWNW6:14 PMENE12:43 AMS250,015 mi
27
98%-8:34 AMWNW7:15 PMENE1:28 AMS251,168 mi
28
94%-8:57 AMWNW8:15 PME2:09 AMS251,908 mi
29
88%-9:17 AMW9:13 PME2:49 AMS252,136 mi
30
81%-9:37 AMW10:12 PME3:27 AMS251,752 mi
31
73%-9:57 AMW11:11 PMESE4:06 AMS250,675 mi

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 at Carson Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels in January at Carson Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in January at Carson AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%DecFebJan 10%Jan 10%Jan 310%Jan 310%Jan 110%Jan 110%Jan 210%Jan 210%drydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 at Carson Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.0 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour, while on August 5, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.3 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during January is 5.9 miles per hour on January 21.

Average Wind Speed in January at Carson Airport

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction at Carson Airport throughout January is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 38% on January 8.

Wind Direction in January at Carson Airport

Wind Direction in January at Carson AirportSWJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%DecFebwestsoutheastnorth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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 at Carson Airport typically lasts for 4.5 months (138 days), from around May 17 to around October 3, rarely starting before April 24 or after June 11, and rarely ending before September 9 or after October 23.

The month of January at Carson Airport is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January at Carson Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January at Carson AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%DecFeb0%Jan 160%Jan 16freezingvery coldcoldcoolfrigid
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 at Carson Airport are essentially constant during January, remaining within 3°F of 4°F throughout.

Growing Degree Days in January at Carson Airport

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of January, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 at Carson Airport is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.7 kWh, from 2.4 kWh to 3.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January at Carson Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January at Carson AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 kWh0.0 kWh0.5 kWh0.5 kWh1.0 kWh1.0 kWh1.5 kWh1.5 kWh2.0 kWh2.0 kWh2.5 kWh2.5 kWh3.0 kWh3.0 kWh3.5 kWh3.5 kWh4.0 kWh4.0 kWh4.5 kWh4.5 kWh5.0 kWh5.0 kWh5.5 kWh5.5 kWhDecFebJan 12.4 kWhJan 12.4 kWhJan 313.2 kWhJan 313.2 kWhJan 112.6 kWhJan 112.6 kWhJan 212.9 kWhJan 212.9 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Carson Airport are 39.192 deg latitude, -119.737 deg longitude, and 4,695 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Carson Airport contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 830 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,768 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,892 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,812 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Carson Airport is covered by shrubs (69%) and artificial surfaces (22%), within 10 miles by shrubs (79%) and trees (13%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (63%) and trees (27%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Carson Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Carson Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back include but are not limited to Reno/Tahoe International Airport, Lake Tahoe Airport, Truckee Tahoe Airport, Bridgeport Sonora Junction, Blue Canyon-Nyack Airport, Naval Air Station Fallon, Placerville Airport, and Derby Field.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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