Climate averages 1991–2020
Bellingham weather
in January.
A cold, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Bellingham: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 213 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbotsford (37 km away). In January its highs average 4.2°C, 2.2°C cooler than Bellingham, with 261 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bellingham ranks 301st of 498 for the warmest January highs and 495th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Bellingham is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 213 mm to 139 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
Bellingham climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 213 | 18.6 | 8.89 h |
| February | 7.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 139 | 15.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 9.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 171 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 122 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 15.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 86 | 11.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 17.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 64 | 9.4 | 16.116 h |
| July | 21.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 32 | 5.1 | 15.716 h |
| August | 21.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 46 | 5.3 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 81 | 9.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 162 | 14.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 240 | 18.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 206 | 18.3 | 8.48 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
- Abbotsford in JanuaryCanada · 37 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.0°C · 261 mm rain
- Langley in JanuaryCanada · 40 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Surrey in JanuaryCanada · 46 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in JanuaryCanada · 52 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.9°C · 397 mm rain
- Delta in JanuaryCanada · 55 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 209 mm rain
- New Westminster in JanuaryCanada · 59 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 316 mm rain
- Chilliwack in JanuaryCanada · 60 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.0°C · 342 mm rain
- Coquitlam in JanuaryCanada · 62 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 343 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 Bellingham) is explained once on the Bellingham year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.