United States · 1991–2020 normal

Fort Dodge in
January.

Typical January weather in Fort Dodge: -3.5°C by day, -13.3°C at night, 28 mm of rain over 4.5 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-3.5°C
Typical low-13.3°C
Rain28 mm
Wet days4.5

Comfort score 5 this month (September leads the year at 82). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 23 from latitude 42.50°.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -13.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 4857486
NOAA station
USC00132999 · FT DODGE 5NNW
Station distance
9.9 km from the place centre
Coverage
Strong coverage · 29 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.