Climate averages 1991–2020

Bend weather
in January.

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

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

Average high 3.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -4.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 71 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cold month in Bend: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 18 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Eugene (142 km away). In January its highs average 9.0°C, 5.2°C warmer than Bend, with 176 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bend ranks joint 345th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 233rd of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Bend is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 56 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

Bend climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bend, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	3.8°C-4.7°C	-4.7°C	71	12.2	9.39 h
February	5.2°C-4.2°C	-4.2°C	56	11.1	10.410 h
March	8.2°C-2.4°C	-2.4°C	56	12.1	11.912 h
April	11.7°C0.2°C	0.2°C	46	11.5	13.413 h
May	16.9°C4.4°C	4.4°C	45	9.6	14.715 h
June	21.4°C7.6°C	7.6°C	26	6.7	15.415 h
July	27.7°C11.3°C	11.3°C	14	3.7	15.115 h
August	27.2°C11.3°C	11.3°C	14	3.9	14.014 h
September	22.9°C7.9°C	7.9°C	16	3.4	12.613 h
October	15.0°C2.9°C	2.9°C	37	6.8	11.011 h
November	7.6°C-1.5°C	-1.5°C	69	11.6	9.710 h
December	3.2°C-4.9°C	-4.9°C	96	13.1	9.09 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 Bend

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 Bend) is explained once on the Bend year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.