January Weather in Buckhead Ridge United States

Daily high temperatures are around 74°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 83°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 74°F on January 13.

Daily low temperatures are around 52°F, rarely falling below 38°F or exceeding 64°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 51°F on January 18.

For reference, on July 16, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Buckhead Ridge typically range from 72°F to 90°F, while on January 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from 51°F to 74°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.

Pampa del Indio, Argentina (3,936 miles away); Ciudad del Este, Paraguay (4,040 miles); and Rockhampton, Australia (9,246 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Buckhead Ridge (view comparison).

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The month of January in Buckhead Ridge experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 38% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is January 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 64% of the time.

For reference, on July 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 69%, while on February 21, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 66%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Buckhead Ridge, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is gradually increasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 20%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 70% on July 30, and its lowest chance is 15% on December 16.

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 Buckhead Ridge is gradually increasing, starting the month at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the month at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.2 inches or falls below 0.3 inches.

Over the course of January in Buckhead Ridge, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 26 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 52 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 6 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 10 hours, 28 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 54 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Buckhead Ridge is 7:14 AM on January 12 and the earliest sunrise is 5 minutes earlier at 7:10 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:41 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 23 minutes later at 6:04 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Buckhead Ridge 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 6:29 AM and sets 13 hours, 51 minutes later, at 8:20 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:09 AM and sets 10 hours, 26 minutes later, at 5:34 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 Buckhead Ridge is gradually decreasing during January, falling from 20% to 15% over the course of the month.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during January is 15% on January 30.

For reference, on July 27, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 30, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 15% 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 Buckhead Ridge is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 9.0 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 13, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.8 miles per hour, while on August 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Buckhead Ridge throughout January is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 35% on January 17.

Buckhead Ridge is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Buckhead Ridge is essentially constant during January, remaining within 1°F of 76°F throughout.

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).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Buckhead Ridge over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 16, with a 59% chance.

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 Buckhead Ridge are increasing during January, increasing by 378°F, from 13°F to 390°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 Buckhead Ridge is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 3.6 kWh to 4.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Buckhead Ridge are 27.130 deg latitude, -80.894 deg longitude, and 13 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Buckhead Ridge is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 7 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 12 feet. Within 10 miles is also essentially flat (23 feet). Within 50 miles is essentially flat (207 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Buckhead Ridge is covered by cropland (48%), herbaceous vegetation (26%), and artificial surfaces (24%), within 10 miles by cropland (44%) and water (37%), and within 50 miles by cropland (44%) and herbaceous vegetation (24%).