Duxbury weather in January

In January, Duxbury sees average daytime highs of 37°F and overnight lows near 26°F, with 4.1 in of precipitation across 10.6 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Duxbury's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Duxbury's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
12th warmest
Overnight low
26°
1st coldest
Precipitation
4.1 in
10.6 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
7:14 AM – 4:30 PM
Cloud cover
60%
6th clearest
Wind
12 mph
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Duxbury is town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

Founded
1624

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 37°F through the month.

A typical January day in Duxbury reaches about 37°F in the afternoon and slips back to 26°F overnight — a 11°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°F and 49°F. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 5°F cooler than December and on par with February.

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

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
4 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

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

Duxbury weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan37° / 26°4.110.65.29.30.0
Feb38° / 27°3.59.5510.30.0
Mar43° / 33°4.811.34.511.70.6
Apr52° / 41°4.211.30.913.12.7
May61° / 50°3.311014.34.9
Jun71° / 59°3.49.20156.6
Jul77° / 66°2.88.9014.77.0
Aug76° / 65°3.39013.77.2
Sep70° / 59°3.78.2012.36.8
Oct60° / 50°4.69.60.110.95.0
Nov51° / 40°4.19.70.59.62.4
Dec42° / 32°4.811.33.590.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24852
34951
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54951
64852
74753
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94654
104753
114753
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Duxbury gets around 4.1 in of rain and snow over 10.6 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 mph in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 mph on the calmest days to 12 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:16 AM to 7:05 AM, and sunset from 4:15 PM to 4:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.07:164:15
29.07:164:16
39.07:164:17
49.07:174:18
59.07:174:19
69.17:174:20
79.17:164:20
89.17:164:21
99.17:164:22
109.17:164:23
119.17:164:24
129.27:164:25
139.27:154:26
149.27:154:27
159.27:154:29
169.37:144:30
179.37:144:31
189.37:134:32
199.37:134:33
209.47:124:34
219.47:124:35
229.47:114:36
239.47:114:38
249.57:104:39
259.57:094:40
269.57:094:41
279.67:084:42
289.67:074:44
299.67:064:45
309.77:054:46
319.77:054:47

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.7Dim
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31.7Dim
41.7Dim
51.7Dim
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182.0Dim
192.0Moderate
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212.1Moderate
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242.2Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.2Moderate
272.3Moderate
282.3Moderate
292.3Moderate
302.4Moderate
312.4Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Duxbury

In seasonPeak

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

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

Atlantic hurricane
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May
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit Duxbury?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Duxbury.

What to pack for Duxbury in January

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

In January, Duxbury sees daytime highs around 37°F and nights near 26°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Duxbury in January

The nearest coast averages about 41°F in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 66°F and coldest in February near 38°F.

The water stays below 68°F all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

40°50°60°70°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan41Bracing
Feb38Bracing
Mar38Bracing
Apr42Bracing
May50Bracing
Jun58Bracing
Jul65Cool
Aug66Cool
Sep63Cool
Oct57Bracing
Nov51Bracing
Dec46Bracing

UV index in Duxbury in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Duxbury peaks around July 10 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighHighModerateLowJul 10UV 8Dec 23UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug5Moderate
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Duxbury?

Duxbury sits at 42.0°N, 70.7°W, 16 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Hanover, 8.7 mi away.

Topography around Duxbury

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Duxbury has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 ft around an average of 33 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 413 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 892 ft.

The land around Duxbury is covered by trees (39%) and water (36%) within 2 miles, water (48%) and trees (41%) within 10 miles, and water (53%) and trees (39%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
213 ft
10 miles
413 ft
50 miles
892 ft
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Hanover 8.7 mi · Rockland 14 mi · Abington 15 mi · Middleborough 16 mi · Brockton 18 mi · Weymouth 19 mi · Braintree 21 mi · Randolph 21 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 Duxbury (42.0418°, -70.6723°, elevation 16 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).