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Typical January weather
Williamsburg
Virginia · January
49° days
31° nights
about 7 rainy days · 10 hours of daylight
What to pack
- Warm coat
What January feels like
January is the leanest month in the Historic Area — some trade shops go to reduced hours and Busch Gardens is closed for the winter. The upside is real: you can have a fife-and-drum demonstration nearly to yourself, and enough nights drop below freezing that the woodsmoke smells like the eighteenth century all over again.
Expect about 7 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. about 19 nights dip below freezing.
The numbers
| Typical high | 49° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 31° |
| Days with real rain | 7 |
| Total rain | 3.8 in |
| Snowfall | 1.7 in |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 7:19 am / 5:12 pm |