Climate averages 1991–2020
Erie weather
in January.
A cold month with heavy precipitation: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Erie: daytime highs average 0.0°C and nights cool to about -5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 112 mm of precipitation on roughly 17 days, which makes January a month with heavy precipitation (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brantford (113 km away). In January its highs average -1.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Erie, with 65 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Erie ranks joint 432nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 447th of 498 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Erie is 9.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 0.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 112 mm to 78 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
Erie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 112 | 16.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.5°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 78 | 12.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 4.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 93 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 109 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 17.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 98 | 12.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 115 | 13.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 121 | 13.4 | 14.915 h |
| August | 24.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 111 | 12.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 106 | 11.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 125 | 14.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 123 | 15.5 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 129 | 17.8 | 9.29 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
- Brantford in JanuaryCanada · 113 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -8.8°C · 65 mm precipitation
- Stoney Creek in JanuaryCanada · 124 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -7.9°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Hamilton in JanuaryCanada · 126 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -7.0°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Buffalo in JanuaryUnited States · 130 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 74 mm precipitation
- London, Canada in JanuaryCanada · 134 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.0°C · 71 mm precipitation
- St. Catharines in JanuaryCanada · 135 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 75 mm precipitation
- Niagara Falls in JanuaryCanada · 136 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -6.8°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Cambridge, Canada in JanuaryCanada · 138 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -10.1°C · 65 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 Erie) is explained once on the Erie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.