What clothes to pack for January

[Cleww1]

What kind of clothes should i pack for January? Ive been there in April and November and its always so HOT. Im not sure what the weather is in January though. Any help would be great

 

[Snoozan]

Pack for 3 seasons! It can be 40's in the daytime or it can be 80. It can be both in one week! It will definitely be cool in the evenings, so be sure to bring a heavier jacket, with gloves (and hats, if little kids). Your tolerance to temps probably depends from where you're from, too. Being a native New Englander, anything over 30 is "warm" to me in January.

The pools are heated so pack the bathing suits - you may get a day warm enough to jump in. Of course, getting out of the pool can be pretty chilly, but I always have to say I went swimming on my vacation.

 

[makinorlando]

I agree with Snoozan (I live in Orlando) - you should bring clothes that you can layer. The mornings and evenings can be chilly even if the day time temps are warm.

I recall one week this part January (15th - 22nd) when friends were at Disney, they had two cold damp days with some drizzly rain, but the rest of the week was warm and shorts weather during the day!

(Sometimes the weeks and months run into each other weather wise and I don't really think about the temps - but when I have an occasion to look back on I can recall what we wore - or look at pics!)

This photo was from just before noon on 1/22!

 

[writersblock42]

I have been swimming in Florida in January and wishing I brought my winter coat. So bring layers. A hooded sweatshirt and a windbreaker are two items I would bring. Bring some long sleeved tees and only one or two pairs of shorts. Or bring those pants that the bottoms zip off and become shorts. I don't think you will want to wear shorts much and the wind and dampness can make it seem colder than it actually is.

 

[Robo]

We're from the midwest and have learned to EXPECT ANYTHING as the weather goes in off-season Orlando.
We always pack winter and summer-wear.
In Dec/Jan/Feb we have even worn LONG THERMAL UNDERWEAR (after sundown)... we now pack it for any off-season trip.

Typical day:

Cool outside at 7am.
Wear shorts and Tee's.
Over that add a thin nylon wind-breaker
We put our "chilly-wear" and RAIN ponchos in a back-pack.
(Rain ponchos are REALLY cheap in hunting section of discount retailers.
You can buy BIG THICK ones to allow covering large jackets... more later.)

"Chilly-wear" is a nylon cotton-lined warm-up suit with zipper legs and a cotton-lined windbreaker.
We buy OVER-sized in these so they can easily be put on OVER other clothing.
After standing in the sometimes chilly "early-entry" lines we can usually take off the wind-breakers.
We always rent a locker at the park(s) and leave our "chilly-wear" in the locker 'til sun-down.
If it looks like rain (in Florida? Who'da thunk?) we take the Ponchos.

Much later, if its a warm night, we're just fine in the shorts.
If it turns windy/cool... we can visit the locker and choose which level of "chilly" OVER-WEAR to add to our clothing.

If it turns really COLD (windy 30's-40's not unheard-of at certain times of the year) we can make a restroom trip and slide-on the long underwear... OR... we can even add the final outer-layer of the RAIN ponchos (with their HOODS)... OVER everything else.
That trick (along with ear-muffs and gloves) has allowed us to "comfortably" stay and enjoy Fantasmic! or IllumiNations when others (less-prepared) have been "frozen-out."

 

[OKW Lover]

Pack Layers.

Weather in Dec/Jan is variable. You'll find yourself one day wearing shorts & t's; and later in the stay wearing long pants, shirt, sweatshirt & jacket. Bring things that can layer over each other and some combination will be appropriate for whatever the weather brings.

 

[daisyduck123]

Hi!! to the Dis!!

You need to pack a little of everything. We spent 9 days there this past January. We wore shorts, jeans, sweatshirts, t-shirts, hats, gloves....everything over the course of our stay! You will love how UNCROWDED it is!! (We were there the last week of January).

 

[littleelvis]

That's exactally what we did in Feb and it worked out great. The kids wore hats and gloves in the morning and at night but during the day shorts and light jackets or sweatshirts. FEB is the BEST!

 

[marciemi]

We went mid Jan 05. I'd brought long sleeve t-shirts for everyone, plus sweatshirts, plus windbreakers with stretch mittens (the kind for $1 that you can stuff in your pocket) and headbands (again thin stretchy ones that primarily kept your ears a little warm).

At the last minute, I decided to throw in our long sleeve hooded polartecs, since we were staying 4 days, I thought then 2 days we could wear our sweatshirts and 2 days our polartecs. My husband thought it was silly to pack both for such a short trip. Anyways...we ended up wearing our LS shirts, under our sweatshirts, under our polartecs, under our windbreakers with our mittens and headbands most of the trip - particularly in the morning and evening EMH's. Mid afternoon it got warm enough to take off one layer - that's about it - highs were in the 50's but we have pics of us on Splash Mountain at 9:30 at night when it was sleeting/raining and obviously much cooler.

However, my folks went two weeks after we got back (last weekend in Jan) and it was near 80 each day. They wore shorts and t-shirts with a light jacket and were fine. I'd definitely watch the weather forecast and as a minimum have something warm and hooded - whether a lined jacked, polartec or "hoodie", particularly if you have kids.

 

[SmileMom]

Gloves, gloves, gloves! Definitely gloves!

That's it, just gloves.