Average Precipitation by US City in January

The tables below give monthly averages for precipitation during January at the largest cities in the United States.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month along with information on the number of days with wet weather. The count of days includes those when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

January averages for total precipitation by city
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
11	Atlanta, Georgia	4.6	117
8	Austin, Texas	2.6	67
10	Baltimore, Maryland	3.1	78
11	Birmingham, Alabama	5.0	128
12	Boston, Massachusetts	3.4	86
19	Buffalo, New York	3.4	85
10	Charlotte, North Carolina	3.5	89
12	Chicago, Illinois	2.3	58
13	Cincinnati, Ohio	3.3	84
18	Cleveland, Ohio	3.0	76
15	Columbus, Ohio	3.0	76
7	Dallas, Texas	2.6	66
5	Denver, Colorado	0.5	12
13	Detroit, Michigan	2.2	57
8	Fresno, California	2.2	55
17	Grand Rapids, Michigan	2.5	64
11	Hartford, Connecticut	3.3	83
8	Honolulu, Hawaii	1.8	47
10	Houston, Texas	4.1	104

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
12	Indianapolis, Indiana	3.1	79
8	Jacksonville, Florida	2.9	74
7	Kansas City, Missouri	1.2	29
3	Las Vegas, Nevada	0.6	14
6	Los Angeles, California	3.3	84
11	Louisville, Kentucky	3.4	86
10	Memphis, Tennessee	4.1	105
8	Miami, Florida	1.8	46
11	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1.8	45
10	Minneapolis, Minnesota	0.9	23
11	Nashville, Tennessee	4.0	102
10	New Orleans, Louisiana	5.2	132
11	New York, New York	3.6	92
5	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1.3	34
8	Orlando, Florida	2.6	66
11	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3.1	80
4	Phoenix, Arizona	0.9	22
17	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	3.0	75

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
20	Portland, Oregon	6.0	153
11	Providence, Rhode Island	4.0	101
10	Raleigh, North Carolina	3.4	87
10	Richmond, Virginia	3.2	82
5	Riverside, California	2.3	58
20	Rochester, New York	2.6	65
11	Sacramento, California	3.9	98
10	Salt Lake City, Utah	1.4	36
7	San Antonio, Texas	2.0	50
7	San Diego, California	2.0	50
11	San Francisco, California	4.4	112
9	San Jose, California	2.8	71
19	Seattle, Washington	5.8	147
9	St. Louis, Missouri	2.6	66
7	Tampa, Florida	2.7	67
4	Tucson, Arizona	0.8	21
6	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1.6	41
11	Virginia Beach, Virginia	3.4	87
10	Washington, DC	2.9	73

Average Precipitation in US Cities During January

Reference

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