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Typical January weather
Outer Banks
North Carolina · January
51° days
36° nights
about 6 rainy days · 10 hours of daylight · ocean 48°
What to pack
- Sweater
What January feels like
Half the restaurants in Duck and Corolla close for the season, and the Wright Brothers Memorial gets more wind than visitors. It is cold in a way that surprises people who file North Carolina under the South, and snow shows up once or twice most winters before disappearing by lunch.
Expect about 6 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. about 11 nights dip below freezing.
Can you swim?
The ocean runs about 48° — frigid — locals in wetsuits only.
The numbers
| Typical high | 51° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 36° |
| Days with real rain | 6 |
| Total rain | 3.8 in |
| Snowfall | 0.7 in |
| Water temperature | 48° |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 7:12 am / 5:11 pm |