Climate averages 1991–2020
Lethbridge weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: 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 Lethbridge: daytime highs average -0.9°C and nights cool to about -9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 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 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calgary (175 km away). In January its highs average -2.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Lethbridge, with 12 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Lethbridge ranks 24th of 86 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Lethbridge is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 14 mm to 13 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
Lethbridge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.9°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 14 | 4.4 | 8.69 h |
| February | 1.5°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 13 | 4.0 | 10.110 h |
| March | 6.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 22 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 40 | 7.9 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 59 | 9.1 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 92 | 10.9 | 16.216 h |
| July | 25.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 35 | 6.8 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 35 | 5.8 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 37 | 5.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 28 | 5.8 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.1°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 22 | 5.3 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.6°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 16 | 4.4 | 8.28 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 · 175 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -13.1°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Airdrie in JanuaryCanada · 198 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -12.8°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in JanuaryCanada · 294 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -15.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Missoula in JanuaryUnited States · 326 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.9°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Spokane Valley in JanuaryUnited States · 395 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 78 mm precipitation
- Spokane in JanuaryUnited States · 407 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in JanuaryCanada · 426 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -16.6°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Edmonton in JanuaryCanada · 430 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -16.4°C · 18 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 Lethbridge) is explained once on the Lethbridge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.