Weather in Tallahassee in January

A good month. January works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 16.3 °C, lows 4.1 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

January ranks 7 of 12 in Tallahassee: past the worst of the year but short of November, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 9 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16.3 °C days and 4.1 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 9 nights fall below freezing. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest January day reached 27 °C and the coldest night fell to -7.8 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 71 mm — roughly 82% of the month's rain in one day.

January is moderately variable: 5 mm in the driest year against 185 mm in the wettest, around an average of 87 mm. Roughly two Januarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 0.9 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 81%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How January sits in the year

This is a turning point in the year — December and February sit on opposite sides of it, so the month contains the change rather than following it.

Daylight in January

January sits at the dark end of Tallahassee's year — 10.4 hours of daylight against 14.1 at midsummer, gaining 0.5 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 29.2 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

January in Tallahassee versus nearby

If Tallahassee is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Jacksonville is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain. Montgomery is the weaker option in January — 3.1 °C cooler, 1 day more rain.

So: January works, with November the better month by 15 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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