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January Weather in Airway Heights Washington, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 32°F to 36°F, rarely falling below 20°F or exceeding 45°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 3°F, from 23°F to 26°F, rarely falling below 9°F or exceeding 35°F.

For reference, on August 2, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Airway Heights typically range from 58°F to 86°F, while on December 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 23°F to 32°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in January in Airway Heights

Average High and Low Temperature in January in Airway HeightsJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313110°F10°F15°F15°F20°F20°F25°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°FDecFebJan 132°FJan 132°F23°F23°FJan 3136°FJan 3136°F26°F26°FJan 1133°FJan 1133°F24°F24°FJan 2134°FJan 2134°F25°F25°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 in Airway Heights

Average Hourly Temperature in January in Airway HeightsJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMDecFebfreezingvery coldvery coldvery cold
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.

Извор, Macedonia (5,753 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Airway Heights (view comparison).

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The month of January in Airway Heights experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 72% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 74% on January 10.

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

For reference, on January 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 74%, while on July 31, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 79%.

Cloud Cover Categories in January in Airway Heights

Cloud Cover Categories in January in Airway HeightsJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%DecFebJul 3179%Jul 3179%Jan 127%Jan 127%Jan 3130%Jan 3130%Jan 1126%Jan 1126%Jan 2128%Jan 2128%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. In Airway Heights, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is decreasing, starting the month at 29% and ending it at 24%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 36% on November 27, and its lowest chance is 7% on August 3.

Over the course of January in Airway Heights, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 15% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 6% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 9% to 5%.

Probability of Precipitation in January in Airway Heights

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 in Airway Heights is essentially constant, remaining about 1.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.2 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in January in Airway Heights

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 in Airway Heights is decreasing, starting the month at 6.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.3 inches or falls below 1.2 inches, and ending the month at 4.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.0 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

Average Monthly Snowfall in January in Airway Heights

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 in Airway Heights, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 0 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 1 second, and weekly increase of 14 minutes, 6 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 8 hours, 30 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 9 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in January in Airway Heights

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 in Airway Heights is 7:38 AM on January 1 and the earliest sunrise is 20 minutes earlier at 7:18 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 4:09 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 40 minutes later at 4:49 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Airway Heights 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 4:52 AM and sets 16 hours, 0 minutes later, at 8:51 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:36 AM and sets 8 hours, 25 minutes later, at 4:01 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in January in Airway Heights

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 in Airway Heights

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in January in Airway HeightsJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMDecFeb00101020202000010102030
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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 in Airway Heights

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in January in Airway HeightsJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AM7:37 AM7:37 AM3:24 PM3:24 PM3:25 PM3:25 PM8:48 AM8:48 AM8:24 AM8:24 AM4:27 PM4:27 PM3:21 PM3:21 PM8:00 AM8:00 AM7:28 AM7:28 AM4:49 PM4:49 PM4:39 PM4:39 PM7:07 AM7:07 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%-10:54 AMWNW10:08 PME4:02 AMS251,593 mi
2
65%-11:08 AMW11:14 PME4:41 AMS251,304 mi
3
50%-11:22 AMW-5:20 AMS250,192 mi
4
46%12:20 AME11:36 AMWSW-5:59 AMS248,260 mi
5
36%1:28 AMESE11:52 AMWSW-6:41 AMS245,582 mi
6
26%2:40 AMESE12:12 PMWSW-7:26 AMS242,303 mi
7
18%3:55 AMESE12:37 PMSW-8:16 AMS238,645 mi
8
10%5:12 AMSE1:13 PMSW-9:12 AMS234,893 mi
9
4%6:27 AMSE2:02 PMSW-10:14 AMS231,376 mi
10
1%7:32 AMSE3:07 PMSW-11:20 AMS228,427 mi
11
0%8:24 AMSE4:27 PMSW-12:25 PMS226,327 mi
12
3%9:02 AMSE5:55 PMWSW-1:28 PMS225,246 mi
13
8%9:30 AMESE7:22 PMWSW-2:26 PMS225,214 mi
14
16%9:53 AMESE8:47 PMWSW-3:19 PMS226,136 mi
15
26%10:11 AME10:10 PMW-4:08 PMS227,823 mi
16
37%10:28 AME11:29 PMW-4:55 PMS230,045 mi
17
50%10:46 AMENE--5:42 PMS232,575 mi
18
60%-12:49 AMWNW11:04 AMENE6:30 PMS235,218 mi
19
71%-2:08 AMWNW11:27 AMENE7:20 PMS237,835 mi
20
80%-3:26 AMNW11:55 AMNE8:12 PMS240,334 mi
21
88%-4:40 AMNW12:31 PMNE9:06 PMS242,671 mi
22
94%-5:47 AMNW1:18 PMNE10:01 PMS244,826 mi
23
98%-6:43 AMNW2:15 PMNE10:55 PMS246,785 mi
24
100%-7:27 AMNW3:21 PMNE11:46 PMS248,525 mi
25
100%-8:00 AMNW4:31 PMNE--
26
100%-8:24 AMWNW5:41 PMENE12:34 AMS250,006 mi
27
98%-8:44 AMWNW6:50 PMENE1:18 AMS251,162 mi
28
94%-9:00 AMWNW7:56 PMENE1:59 AMS251,905 mi
29
88%-9:14 AMW9:02 PME2:39 AMS252,136 mi
30
81%-9:28 AMW10:07 PME3:17 AMS251,757 mi
31
73%-9:41 AMW11:14 PMESE3:56 AMS250,684 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 in Airway Heights is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 5, 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.

Humidity Comfort Levels in January in Airway Heights

Humidity Comfort Levels in January in Airway HeightsJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%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 in Airway Heights is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour, while on August 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.0 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during January is 6.5 miles per hour on January 5.

Average Wind Speed in January in Airway Heights

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

The wind direction in Airway Heights during January is predominantly out of the south from January 1 to January 24 and the east from January 24 to January 31.

Wind Direction in January in Airway Heights

Wind Direction in January in Airway HeightsSESESJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%DecFebsoutheastwestnorth
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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 in Airway Heights typically lasts for 5.6 months (171 days), from around April 27 to around October 16, rarely starting before April 6 or after May 15, and rarely ending before September 27 or after November 3.

The month of January in Airway Heights is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January in Airway Heights

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January in Airway HeightsJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%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 16frigidfreezingvery coldcold
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 in Airway Heights are essentially constant during January, remaining around 0°F throughout.

Growing Degree Days in January in Airway Heights

Growing Degree Days in January in Airway HeightsJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0°F0.0°F0.1°F0.1°F0.2°F0.2°F0.3°F0.3°F0.4°F0.4°F0.5°F0.5°F0.6°F0.6°F0.7°F0.7°F0.8°F0.8°F0.9°F0.9°F1.0°F1.0°FDecFebJan 10°FJan 10°FJan 310°FJan 310°FJan 110°FJan 110°FJan 210°FJan 210°F
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 in Airway Heights is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 1.1 kWh to 1.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January in Airway Heights

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January in Airway HeightsJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 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 kWhDecFebJan 11.1 kWhJan 11.1 kWhJan 311.7 kWhJan 311.7 kWhJan 111.2 kWhJan 111.2 kWhJan 211.4 kWhJan 211.4 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 Airway Heights are 47.645 deg latitude, -117.593 deg longitude, and 2,411 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Airway Heights contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 167 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,389 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,404 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,570 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Airway Heights is covered by grassland (61%) and shrubs (39%), within 10 miles by shrubs (50%) and grassland (25%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (34%) and cropland (28%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Airway Heights, 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

There are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Airway Heights.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Airway Heights according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Airway Heights is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Airway Heights and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Airway Heights and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

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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