Climate averages 1991–2020
Regina weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Regina: daytime highs average -9.0°C and nights cool to about -18.3°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 joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saskatoon (235 km away). In January its highs average -10.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Regina, with 15 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Regina ranks 82nd 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; Regina is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to -6.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 17 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
Regina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -9.0°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 17 | 5.3 | 8.59 h |
| February | -6.4°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 12 | 3.5 | 10.010 h |
| March | 0.6°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 21 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 35 | 7.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 9.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 98 | 12.7 | 16.416 h |
| July | 24.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 74 | 10.5 | 16.016 h |
| August | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 61 | 8.5 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 40 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.4°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 33 | 6.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 0.0°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 22 | 5.2 | 9.19 h |
| December | -6.8°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 17 | 5.0 | 8.18 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
- Saskatoon in JanuaryCanada · 235 kmHigh -10.2°C · Low -19.2°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Bismarck in JanuaryUnited States · 493 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -15.1°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Winnipeg in JanuaryCanada · 536 kmHigh -12.0°C · Low -21.0°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Lethbridge in JanuaryCanada · 591 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Billings in JanuaryUnited States · 593 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -8.8°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Airdrie in JanuaryCanada · 667 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -12.8°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in JanuaryCanada · 668 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -15.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Calgary in JanuaryCanada · 669 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -13.1°C · 12 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 Regina) is explained once on the Regina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.