Climate averages 1991–2020
Caledon weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Caledon: daytime highs average -3.1°C and nights cool to about -11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 61 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brampton (27 km away). In January its highs average -1.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Caledon, with 60 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Caledon ranks joint 51st of 86 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Caledon is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to -2.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 61 mm to 51 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
Caledon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.1°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 61 | 10.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | -2.1°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 51 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 3.2°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 59 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 83 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 83 | 11.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.4°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 89 | 11.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 24.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 82 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| August | 23.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 10.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 19.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 74 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 76 | 11.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.5°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 70 | 10.1 | 9.710 h |
| December | -0.1°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 61 | 10.3 | 9.09 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
- Brampton in JanuaryCanada · 27 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -9.9°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Milton in JanuaryCanada · 40 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -8.5°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Vaughan in JanuaryCanada · 40 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -9.4°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Guelph in JanuaryCanada · 41 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -10.5°C · 65 mm precipitation
- Mississauga in JanuaryCanada · 42 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 70 mm precipitation
- Etobicoke in JanuaryCanada · 42 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -7.8°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Richmond Hill in JanuaryCanada · 45 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -10.1°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Thornhill in JanuaryCanada · 46 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -8.6°C · 60 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 Caledon) is explained once on the Caledon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.