Climate averages 1991–2020
Billings weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Billings: daytime highs average 1.3°C and nights cool to about -8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Missoula (439 km away). In January its highs average 0.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Billings, with 45 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Billings ranks joint 410th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 498 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Billings is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 3.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 22 mm to 20 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
Billings climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.3°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 22 | 5.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 3.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 20 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.4°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 31 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 59 | 10.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 65 | 10.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 53 | 9.0 | 15.716 h |
| July | 30.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 24 | 4.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 18 | 3.9 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 7.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 23 | 5.9 | 9.510 h |
| December | 1.8°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 20 | 5.5 | 8.79 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
- Missoula in JanuaryUnited States · 439 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.9°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Rapid City in JanuaryUnited States · 456 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -8.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Lethbridge in JanuaryCanada · 542 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Ogden in JanuaryUnited States · 579 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -8.1°C · 58 mm precipitation
- Regina in JanuaryCanada · 593 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -18.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Layton in JanuaryUnited States · 595 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.8°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Bismarck in JanuaryUnited States · 603 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -15.1°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Salt Lake City in JanuaryUnited States · 622 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -7.3°C · 52 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 Billings) is explained once on the Billings year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.