Sunshine by US City in January

The tables below pull together figures on the amount of sunshine each of the largest cities in the United States usually has in January.

The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Total Hours is the average number of sunny hours the city normally has this month. Clear Days is the average number of days this month when cloud covers at most 30 percent of the sky during daylight hours.

Hours of sunshine are the means calculated for 1961 to 1990. The other data are averages taken from years of weather watching.

Average sunshine in January
% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
49	Atlanta, Georgia	164	8
49	Austin, Texas	164	9
51	Baltimore, Maryland	155	8
42	Birmingham, Alabama	150	7
53	Boston, Massachusetts	163	9
31	Buffalo, New York	91	1
54	Charlotte, North Carolina	173	9
44	Chicago, Illinois	136	7
33	Cincinnati, Ohio	121	5
31	Cleveland, Ohio	101	3
36	Columbus, Ohio	111	4
52	Dallas, Texas	184	10
71	Denver, Colorado	215	10
40	Detroit, Michigan	120	4
47	Fresno, California	–	5
28	Grand Rapids, Michigan	–	3
53	Hartford, Connecticut	170	8
65	Honolulu, Hawaii	–	9
45	Houston, Texas	143	7

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
40	Indianapolis, Indiana	132	6
58	Jacksonville, Florida	189	9
58	Kansas City, Missouri	184	10
77	Las Vegas, Nevada	245	14
69	Los Angeles, California	–	12
41	Louisville, Kentucky	141	6
50	Memphis, Tennessee	167	8
66	Miami, Florida	220	9
44	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	140	7
53	Minneapolis, Minnesota	157	8
41	Nashville, Tennessee	140	6
46	New Orleans, Louisiana	153	7
51	New York, New York	163	8
60	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	201	11
49	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	156	7
78	Phoenix, Arizona	256	14
32	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	94	3

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
28	Portland, Oregon	86	3
56	Providence, Rhode Island	172	10
52	Raleigh, North Carolina	164	9
54	Richmond, Virginia	173	8
35	Rochester, New York	108	2
48	Sacramento, California	146	7
45	Salt Lake City, Utah	127	6
47	San Antonio, Texas	159	9
72	San Diego, California	239	12
56	San Francisco, California	–	9
28	Seattle, Washington	70	3
50	St. Louis, Missouri	161	7
65	Tampa, Florida	200	10
80	Tucson, Arizona	–	14
53	Tulsa, Oklahoma	–	10
53	Virginia Beach, Virginia	172	9
46	Washington, DC	145	7

Average Sunshine for US Cities in January

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