Climate averages 1991–2020

Lowestoft weather
in January.

A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 7.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 3.8°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 64 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 8 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cold month in Lowestoft: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 15 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Norwich (35 km away). In January its highs average 7.0°C, about as warm as Lowestoft, with 50 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Lowestoft ranks joint 59th of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 92nd of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 6.9°C; Lowestoft is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 6.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 53 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lowestoft climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lowestoft, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	7.0°C3.8°C	3.8°C	64	13.1	8.38 h
February	6.8°C3.5°C	3.5°C	53	10.8	9.910 h
March	8.2°C4.5°C	4.5°C	48	10.7	11.812 h
April	10.3°C6.4°C	6.4°C	37	8.8	13.914 h
May	13.2°C9.3°C	9.3°C	48	8.7	15.716 h
June	16.2°C12.2°C	12.2°C	54	10.1	16.717 h
July	18.7°C14.6°C	14.6°C	59	11.2	16.316 h
August	19.2°C15.1°C	15.1°C	64	10.2	14.715 h
September	17.2°C13.4°C	13.4°C	66	11.0	12.713 h
October	14.0°C10.7°C	10.7°C	81	12.9	10.711 h
November	10.3°C7.2°C	7.2°C	79	14.5	8.89 h
December	7.7°C4.7°C	4.7°C	72	13.6	7.88 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

Distance from Lowestoft

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lowestoft) is explained once on the Lowestoft year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.