United States · 1991–2020 normal

South Lake Tahoe in
January.

Typical January weather in South Lake Tahoe: 6.1°C by day, -7.9°C at night, 66 mm of rain over 5.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high6.1°C
Typical low-7.9°C
Rain66 mm
Wet days5.9

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 74). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 43 from latitude 38.93°.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -7.9°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 5397664
NOAA station
USW00093230 · S LAKE TAHOE AP
Station distance
4 km from the place centre
Coverage
Good coverage · 20 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

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