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Elk in January

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Elk is cool: highs near 60°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Elk is cool: highs near 16°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
60°F16°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
9h 45mon average

Is January a good time to visit Elk?

January sits outside Elk's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 60°F in January, against 59°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in January, against 15°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in January, against 1% to 42% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in January, against 13% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

9h 45m in January, against 9h 28m to 14h 52m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December59°15°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January60°16°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February61°16°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Elk sits, in January

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:33 AMsets 5:14 PM
Above the sea
25 mlow-lying
Latitude
39.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Fort Bragg36 km north

The land around Elk, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Elk

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km north of Elk. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (25 m) against the climate model's (105 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (25 m) against the climate model's (105 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.