Climate averages 1991–2020
Ogden weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Ogden: daytime highs average 1.1°C and nights cool to about -8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Layton (18 km away). In January its highs average 1.2°C, about as warm as Ogden, with 53 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Ogden ranks joint 418th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 151st of 498 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Ogden is 8.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 3.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 58 mm to 48 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
Ogden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.1°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 58 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.3°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 48 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.6°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 50 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 64 | 11.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 59 | 9.1 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 29 | 4.0 | 15.115 h |
| July | 31.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 30.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 11 | 2.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 32 | 4.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 45 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.9°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 45 | 8.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 1.8°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 55 | 9.1 | 9.39 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
- Layton in JanuaryUnited States · 18 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.8°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Salt Lake City in JanuaryUnited States · 52 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -7.3°C · 52 mm precipitation
- West Valley City in JanuaryUnited States · 59 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -7.1°C · 52 mm precipitation
- West Jordan in JanuaryUnited States · 68 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -7.9°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Orem in JanuaryUnited States · 106 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -8.5°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Provo in JanuaryUnited States · 113 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -8.3°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Boise in JanuaryUnited States · 437 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Meridian in JanuaryUnited States · 449 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.3°C · 40 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 Ogden) is explained once on the Ogden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.