Climate averages 1991–2020
Airdrie weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: one of the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Airdrie: daytime highs average -3.3°C and nights cool to about -12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calgary (28 km away). In January its highs average -2.9°C, about as warm as Airdrie, with 12 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Airdrie ranks joint 53rd of 86 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Airdrie is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to -0.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 13 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Airdrie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.3°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 13 | 3.9 | 8.48 h |
| February | -0.6°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 12 | 4.0 | 9.910 h |
| March | 3.6°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 22 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 39 | 8.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 75 | 11.1 | 15.616 h |
| June | 18.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 107 | 14.4 | 16.517 h |
| July | 21.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 70 | 11.8 | 16.116 h |
| August | 21.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 68 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 16.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 26 | 6.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.5°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 20 | 5.5 | 9.09 h |
| December | -3.3°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 14 | 4.0 | 8.08 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Calgary in JanuaryCanada · 28 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -13.1°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in JanuaryCanada · 109 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -15.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Lethbridge in JanuaryCanada · 198 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Sherwood Park in JanuaryCanada · 251 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -16.6°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Edmonton in JanuaryCanada · 253 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -16.4°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Kelowna in JanuaryCanada · 416 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 59 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in JanuaryCanada · 445 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -7.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Spokane Valley in JanuaryUnited States · 465 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 78 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Airdrie) is explained once on the Airdrie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.