Climate averages 1991–2020
Sherbrooke 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 Sherbrooke: daytime highs average -4.7°C and nights cool to about -14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 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 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (107 km away). In January its highs average -4.8°C, about as warm as Sherbrooke, with 71 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sherbrooke ranks 57th of 86 for the warmest January highs and joint 61st of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Sherbrooke is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to -3.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 76 mm to 64 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
Sherbrooke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -4.7°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 76 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| February | -3.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 64 | 10.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.2°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 79 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 99 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 117 | 14.1 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 131 | 14.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 126 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 123 | 13.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 119 | 13.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 91 | 13.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 92 | 13.7 | 8.89 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
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in JanuaryCanada · 107 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -13.7°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Trois-Rivières in JanuaryCanada · 116 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -15.5°C · 77 mm precipitation
- Longueuil in JanuaryCanada · 123 kmHigh -5.3°C · Low -14.2°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Repentigny in JanuaryCanada · 127 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -14.5°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in JanuaryCanada · 130 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -14.4°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Montréal in JanuaryCanada · 132 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -15.3°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in JanuaryCanada · 134 kmHigh -5.7°C · Low -15.1°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Terrebonne in JanuaryCanada · 140 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -14.5°C · 76 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 Sherbrooke) is explained once on the Sherbrooke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.