Neenah weather in January

In January, Neenah sees average daytime highs of 25°F and overnight lows near 12°F, with 1.5 in of precipitation across 7.8 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Neenah's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Neenah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
12th warmest
Overnight low
12°
1st coldest
Precipitation
1.5 in
7.8 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
7:32 AM – 4:34 PM
Cloud cover
68%
11th clearest
Wind
9 mph
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Neenah is city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.

Density
1,037/km²
people per km²
Founded
1873

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 25°F through the month.

A typical January day in Neenah reaches about 25°F in the afternoon and slips back to 12°F overnight — a 13°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°F and 38°F. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 6°F cooler than December and about 3°F cooler than February.

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

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
31 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

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

Neenah weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 12°1.57.86.89.10.0
Feb28° / 14°1.36.25.410.20.0
Mar40° / 24°2.38.44.511.60.4
Apr54° / 36°3.211.12.713.23.0
May66° / 48°3.310.8014.55.8
Jun76° / 59°3.510.4015.36.7
Jul80° / 63°3.410.10156.6
Aug78° / 61°3.39.9013.86.9
Sep70° / 53°2.89012.36.7
Oct57° / 42°2.89.50.210.84.1
Nov43° / 30°2.28.22.29.40.7
Dec31° / 19°1.87.25.38.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
33466
43466
53268
63268
73367
83367
93367
103466
113466
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Neenah gets around 1.5 in of rain and snow over 7.8 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 26% on the wettest days, and about 7 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 9 mph in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 mph on the calmest days to 10 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
19light breeze
29light breeze
310light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:35 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 4:19 PM to 4:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.77:354:19
28.77:354:20
38.87:354:21
48.87:354:22
58.87:354:23
68.87:354:23
78.87:354:24
88.87:354:25
98.97:354:26
108.97:344:27
118.97:344:28
128.97:344:30
139.07:334:31
149.07:334:32
159.07:334:33
169.07:324:34
179.17:324:35
189.17:314:36
199.17:314:38
209.17:304:39
219.27:294:40
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239.27:284:43
249.37:274:44
259.37:274:45
269.37:264:46
279.47:254:48
289.47:244:49
299.57:234:50
309.57:224:52
319.57:214:53

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.6Dim
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202.0Moderate
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222.1Moderate
232.1Moderate
242.1Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.2Moderate
272.2Moderate
282.3Moderate
292.3Moderate
302.3Moderate
312.4Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Neenah?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Neenah.

What to pack for Neenah in January

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

In January, Neenah sees daytime highs around 25°F and nights near 12°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

Sea temperature near Neenah in January

The nearest coast averages about 38°F in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 42 mi away) is warmest in August at about 69°F and coldest in March near 36°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Aug 10 to Aug 23 — about 0.5 months when the water holds above 68°F.

30°40°50°60°70°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan38Bracing
Feb36Bracing
Mar36Bracing
Apr38Bracing
May41Bracing
Jun52Bracing
Jul65Cool
Aug69Refreshing
Sep65Cool
Oct55Bracing
Nov46Bracing
Dec40Bracing

UV index in Neenah 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 Neenah peaks around June 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 highHighModerateLowJun 18UV 9Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Neenah?

Neenah sits at 44.2°N, 88.5°W, 751 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Menasha, 1.2 mi away.

Topography around Neenah

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Neenah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 ft around an average of 758 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 397 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 774 ft.

The land around Neenah is covered by artificial surfaces (39%), trees (24%) and water (24%) within 2 miles, water (27%) and cropland (25%) within 10 miles, and cropland (42%) and trees (32%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
102 ft
10 miles
397 ft
50 miles
774 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Menasha 1.2 mi · Appleton 5.6 mi · Kaukauna 11 mi · Oshkosh 12 mi · De Pere 27 mi · Ashwaubenon 28 mi · Fond du Lac 29 mi · Howard 31 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 Neenah (44.1858°, -88.4626°, elevation 751 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. 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).