Climate averages 1991–2020
Burton upon Trent weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Burton upon Trent: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Derby (17 km away). In January its highs average 6.6°C, about as warm as Burton upon Trent, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Burton upon Trent ranks joint 86th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 66th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 6.9°C; Burton upon Trent is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 7.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Burton upon Trent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 56 | 12.2 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 49 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 51 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 58 | 11.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 61 | 11.2 | 15.816 h |
| June | 18.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 69 | 11.6 | 16.817 h |
| July | 20.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 70 | 12.0 | 16.416 h |
| August | 19.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 66 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 59 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 67 | 11.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 65 | 12.3 | 8.89 h |
| December | 6.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 64 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Derby in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 17 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Tamworth in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 20 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Cannock in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Sutton Coldfield in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Stafford in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Walsall in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 34 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Nuneaton in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 34 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Nottingham in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 37 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 50 mm rain
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 Burton upon Trent) is explained once on the Burton upon Trent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Tamworth lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.