Apache Junction Weather in January
Apache Junction in January
The short of it: Apache Junction in January averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 27 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 68° · low 41° · rain 1.1 in. · daylight 10 h 10 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & March
Thirty years of records give Apache Junction an average January high of 68°, a low of 41° and some 1.1 in. of rain. The dead of winter in Apache Junction: highs scarcely reach 68°, nights fall to 41°. Rain is modest, about 1.1 in., the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 10 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and March.
Against its neighbours, Apache Junction runs about middling and wetter than most in January. Gold Canyon, 7 mi to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Apache Junction, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 0.3 in. less rain
- Versus February
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 27°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 5 mph
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold CanyonArizona | 7 mi ESE | 66° | 41° | 1.1 in. |
| Queen CreekArizona | 12 mi SSW | 67° | 39° | 0.9 in. |
| GilbertArizona | 14 mi WSW | 69° | 41° | 0.9 in. |
| San Tan ValleyArizona | 16 mi S | 67° | 39° | 0.9 in. |
| MesaArizona | 16 mi W | 70° | 42° | 0.9 in. |
| Gold CampArizona | 16 mi ESE | 65° | 42° | 1.3 in. |
| Fountain HillsArizona | 17 mi NW | 67° | 42° | 1.2 in. |
| San CarlosArizona | 18 mi WSW | 69° | 42° | 0.8 in. |