Chesterfield weather in January

In January, Chesterfield sees average daytime highs of 39°F and overnight lows near 24°F, with 2.6 in of precipitation across 8 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Chesterfield's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chesterfield's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
1st coldest
Precipitation
2.6 in
8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
7:24 AM – 4:59 PM
Cloud cover
63%
9th clearest
Wind
8 mph
3rd windiest
Solar energy
2.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Chesterfield is city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.

Density
551/km²
people per km²
Founded
1837

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°F through the month.

A typical January day in Chesterfield reaches about 39°F in the afternoon and slips back to 24°F overnight — a 15°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°F and 56°F. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 4°F cooler than December and about 5°F cooler than February.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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How January really feels in Chesterfield

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Chesterfield weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan39° / 24°2.6839.60.0
Feb44° / 28°2.47.82.810.50.8
Mar55° / 37°3.710.81.411.73.5
Apr66° / 47°4.511.40.2135.8
May75° / 58°4.913.4014.16.2
Jun84° / 67°4.011.2014.65.4
Jul87° / 70°3.39.8014.44.7
Aug86° / 68°2.99013.55.3
Sep79° / 60°3.27.6012.37.1
Oct67° / 48°3.48.40116.6
Nov54° / 37°3.68.70.89.93.5
Dec43° / 28°2.58.12.29.30.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33862
43961
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63961
73961
84060
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Chesterfield gets around 2.6 in of rain and snow over 8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 25% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1258
2268
3269
4279
5279
6289
7289
8289
92810
102810
112810
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132810
142710
152710
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17269
18259
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20249
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222410
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 mph in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 mph on the calmest days to 8 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
18light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:25 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 4:46 PM to 5:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.37:254:46
29.47:254:46
39.47:264:47
49.47:264:48
59.47:264:49
69.47:264:50
79.47:264:50
89.47:264:51
99.47:264:52
109.57:264:53
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129.57:254:55
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149.57:254:57
159.67:254:58
169.67:244:59
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209.77:235:03
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269.87:205:09
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3110.07:165:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.21 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.9Dim
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62.0Moderate
72.0Moderate
82.0Moderate
92.0Moderate
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112.1Moderate
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272.5Moderate
282.5Moderate
292.6Moderate
302.6Moderate
312.6Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Chesterfield

In seasonPeak

None of Chesterfield's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Chesterfield sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Chesterfield?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chesterfield.

What to pack for Chesterfield in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Chesterfield sees daytime highs around 39°F and nights near 24°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Chesterfield in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chesterfield peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateJun 23UV 9Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Chesterfield in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chesterfield is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (October, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1616 µg/m³Oct 237 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr10Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chesterfield?

Chesterfield sits at 38.7°N, 90.6°W, 472 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Ballwin, 5.0 mi away.

Topography around Chesterfield

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Chesterfield.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Chesterfield has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 ft around an average of 531 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 643 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,040 ft.

The land around Chesterfield is covered by trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 2 miles, trees (58%) within 10 miles, and trees (54%) and cropland (29%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
246 ft
10 miles
643 ft
50 miles
1,040 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Ballwin 5.0 mi · Manchester 5.6 mi · Wildwood 7.5 mi · Creve Coeur 8.1 mi · Maryland Heights 8.7 mi · Saint Charles 9.9 mi · Saint Peters 9.9 mi · Kirkwood 11 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chesterfield (38.6631°, -90.5771°, elevation 472 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).