Climate averages 1991–2020
Niagara Falls weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate 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 Niagara Falls: daytime highs average -0.8°C and nights cool to about -6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of precipitation on roughly 13 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is St. Catharines (16 km away). In January its highs average -0.3°C, about as warm as Niagara Falls, with 75 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Niagara Falls ranks 23rd of 86 for the warmest January highs and joint 50th of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Niagara Falls is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to -0.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 74 mm to 60 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
Niagara Falls climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.8°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 74 | 12.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | -0.2°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 60 | 10.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 4.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 75 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 95 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 87 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 100 | 12.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 103 | 12.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 24.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 85 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 85 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.4°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 93 | 12.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 79 | 11.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.4°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 78 | 12.8 | 9.19 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
- St. Catharines in JanuaryCanada · 16 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 75 mm precipitation
- Amherst in JanuaryUnited States · 26 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 73 mm precipitation
- Buffalo in JanuaryUnited States · 28 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Cheektowaga in JanuaryUnited States · 33 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -7.4°C · 73 mm precipitation
- Stoney Creek in JanuaryCanada · 58 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -7.9°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Oakville in JanuaryCanada · 63 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -7.2°C · 70 mm precipitation
- Hamilton in JanuaryCanada · 66 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -7.0°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Burlington in JanuaryCanada · 70 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -7.7°C · 70 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 Niagara Falls) is explained once on the Niagara Falls year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Buffalo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.