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 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.

January averages for total precipitation by city
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
11	Atlanta, Georgia	4.2	107
7	Austin, Texas	2.2	56
10	Baltimore, Maryland	3.1	77
11	Birmingham, Alabama	4.8	123
11	Boston, Massachusetts	3.4	85
19	Buffalo, New York	3.2	81
10	Charlotte, North Carolina	3.4	87
11	Chicago, Illinois	1.7	44
11	Cincinnati, Ohio	2.8	72
17	Cleveland, Ohio	2.7	69
14	Columbus, Ohio	2.7	69
7	Dallas, Texas	2.1	52
5	Denver, Colorado	0.5	12
13	Detroit, Michigan	2.0	50
11	Hartford, Connecticut	3.2	82
10	Houston, Texas	3.4	86
12	Indianapolis, Indiana	2.7	68

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
8	Jacksonville, Florida	3.3	84
5	Kansas City, Missouri	1.1	29
3	Las Vegas, Nevada	0.5	14
6	Los Angeles, California	2.7	69
10	Louisville, Kentucky	3.2	82
10	Memphis, Tennessee	4.0	101
7	Miami, Florida	1.6	41
11	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1.8	45
9	Minneapolis, Minnesota	0.9	23
10	Nashville, Tennessee	3.8	95
9	New Orleans, Louisiana	5.2	131
10	New York, New York	3.7	93
5	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1.4	35
7	Orlando, Florida	2.4	60
11	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3.0	77
4	Phoenix, Arizona	1.0	25
16	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2.7	69

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
21	Portland, Oregon	6.1	154
11	Providence, Rhode Island	3.9	98
9	Raleigh, North Carolina	3.9	98
10	Richmond, Virginia	3.0	77
6	Riverside, California	2.1	53
19	Rochester, New York	2.4	61
10	Sacramento, California	3.6	92
10	Salt Lake City, Utah	1.3	32
7	San Antonio, Texas	1.8	45
7	San Diego, California	2.0	50
11	San Francisco, California	4.2	106
10	San Jose, California	3.1	78
16	Seattle, Washington	5.5	139
9	St. Louis, Missouri	2.4	61
7	Tampa, Florida	2.2	57
10	Virginia Beach, Virginia	3.4	86
10	Washington, DC	2.8	71

Average Precipitation in US Cities During January

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