Climate averages 1991–2020
Provo weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Provo: daytime highs average 1.3°C and nights cool to about -8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 55 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orem (8 km away). In January its highs average 1.3°C, about as warm as Provo, with 55 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Provo ranks joint 410th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 139th of 498 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Provo is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 3.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 55 mm to 45 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
Provo 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-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 55 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.5°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 45 | 8.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 47 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 53 | 10.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 43 | 8.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 18 | 3.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 8.1 | 1.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.0 | 2.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 28 | 4.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 39 | 6.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 41 | 7.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.5°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 49 | 8.8 | 9.49 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
- Orem in JanuaryUnited States · 8 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -8.5°C · 55 mm precipitation
- West Jordan in JanuaryUnited States · 48 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -7.9°C · 50 mm precipitation
- West Valley City in JanuaryUnited States · 59 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -7.1°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Salt Lake City in JanuaryUnited States · 62 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -7.3°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Layton in JanuaryUnited States · 96 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.8°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Ogden in JanuaryUnited States · 113 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -8.1°C · 58 mm precipitation
- Saint George in JanuaryUnited States · 386 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Boise in JanuaryUnited States · 531 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 45 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 Provo) is explained once on the Provo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Orem lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.