Climate averages 1991–2020
Red Deer weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Red Deer: daytime highs average -5.6°C and nights cool to about -15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Airdrie (109 km away). In January its highs average -3.3°C, 2.3°C warmer than Red Deer, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Red Deer ranks 71st of 86 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Red Deer is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to -2.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 17 mm to 11 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
Red Deer climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -5.6°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 17 | 4.9 | 8.38 h |
| February | -2.6°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 11 | 3.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 2.3°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 20 | 5.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 33 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 63 | 10.3 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 91 | 14.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 83 | 12.9 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 67 | 9.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 16.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.1°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 24 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 0.4°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 21 | 5.3 | 8.89 h |
| December | -5.1°C-14.2°C | -14.2°C | 15 | 4.6 | 7.88 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
- Airdrie in JanuaryCanada · 109 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -12.8°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Calgary in JanuaryCanada · 137 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -13.1°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Sherwood Park in JanuaryCanada · 143 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -16.6°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Edmonton in JanuaryCanada · 144 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -16.4°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Lethbridge in JanuaryCanada · 294 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Grande Prairie in JanuaryCanada · 460 kmHigh -8.1°C · Low -15.8°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Kelowna in JanuaryCanada · 477 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 59 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in JanuaryCanada · 485 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -7.1°C · 41 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 Red Deer) is explained once on the Red Deer year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.