January Weather in Stanton Kentucky, United States

Daily high temperatures are around 44°F, rarely falling below 27°F or exceeding 60°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 43°F on January 16.

Daily low temperatures are around 29°F, rarely falling below 12°F or exceeding 47°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 29°F on January 29.

For reference, on July 20, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Stanton typically range from 68°F to 86°F, while on January 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 29°F to 43°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.

Borgoricco-San Michele delle Badesse-Sant'Eufemia, Italy (4,672 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Stanton (view comparison).

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The month of January in Stanton experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 60% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 61% on January 2.

The clearest day of the month is January 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 42% of the time.

For reference, on January 2, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 61%, while on August 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 68%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Stanton, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 26% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 42% on May 12, and its lowest chance is 24% on October 19.

Over the course of January in Stanton, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 23% to 20%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 3% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 2% throughout.

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 Stanton is essentially constant, remaining about 2.7 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.5 inches or falling below 1.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 2.5 inches on January 17.

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 in Stanton is increasing, starting the month at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.5 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 2.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.7 inches on January 30.

Over the course of January in Stanton, 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, 22 seconds, and weekly increase of 9 minutes, 31 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 9 hours, 36 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 17 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Stanton is 7:51 AM on January 5 and the earliest sunrise is 11 minutes earlier at 7:40 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:26 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 30 minutes later at 5:57 PM on January 31.

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

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:13 AM and sets 14 hours, 47 minutes later, at 9:00 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:47 AM and sets 9 hours, 32 minutes later, at 5:20 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 Stanton is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 69% of the time, while on November 27, 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 Stanton is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 7.1 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour, while on July 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.2 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Stanton throughout January is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 40% on January 16.

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 Stanton typically lasts for 6.9 months (210 days), from around April 4 to around October 31, rarely starting before March 16 or after April 21, and rarely ending before October 11 or after November 19.

The month of January in Stanton is reliably fully outside of 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 in Stanton are essentially constant during January, remaining within 13°F of 14°F throughout.

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 Stanton is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 2.0 kWh to 2.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Stanton are 37.846 deg latitude, -83.858 deg longitude, and 669 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Stanton contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 646 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 717 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (889 feet). Within 50 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,309 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Stanton is covered by cropland (53%), trees (28%), and artificial surfaces (19%), within 10 miles by trees (78%) and cropland (21%), and within 50 miles by trees (59%) and cropland (38%).