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Typical January weather
Death Valley
California · January
67° days
43° nights
maybe one rainy day · 10 hours of daylight
What to pack
- Sweater
What January feels like
January is when the park is quiet and the walking is easy — Golden Canyon and Mosaic Canyon at midday are a pleasure rather than an ordeal. Nights get cold enough for a real jacket, and since this is a dark sky park with no town glow for a hundred miles in any direction, that jacket is what lets you stay out under it.
Real rain shows up maybe one day all month; the rest stay dry.
The numbers
| Typical high | 67° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 43° |
| Days with real rain | 1 |
| Total rain | 0.4 in |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 6:58 am / 4:55 pm |