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Typical January weather

Reno

Nevada · January

Cold and bright, with powder forty minutes up the hill.

48° days
26° nights

about 3 snowy days · 9½ hours of daylight

What to pack

What January feels like

Locals judge January by what is falling on the Sierra rather than what is happening downtown; a big week on the hill means I-80 and the Mount Rose Highway crawl on Sunday afternoons. Valley inversions can park a gray lid over town for days at a stretch.

Winter is doing its thing: 5.2 in of snow in a typical January, with fresh snow on about 3 days. Nearly every night dips below freezing.

The numbers

Typical high48°
Typical low26°
Days with snow3
Rain and melted snow1.3 in
Snowfall5.2 in
Humiditydry air
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)7:17 am / 4:59 pm

How January compares

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