Climate averages 1991–2020
Spokane weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Spokane: daytime highs average 2.2°C and nights cool to about -4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Spokane Valley (14 km away). In January its highs average 1.9°C, about as warm as Spokane, with 78 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Spokane ranks joint 386th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 216th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Spokane is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 5.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 49 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
Spokane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.2°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 69 | 12.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 49 | 10.0 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 63 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 50 | 9.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 | 8.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 33 | 6.0 | 15.916 h |
| July | 29.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 13 | 2.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 29.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.314 h |
| September | 23.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 19 | 4.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 46 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 73 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 1.9°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 78 | 12.3 | 8.59 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
- Spokane Valley in JanuaryUnited States · 14 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 78 mm precipitation
- Tri-Cities in JanuaryUnited States · 207 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Kennewick in JanuaryUnited States · 207 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Yakima in JanuaryUnited States · 261 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Missoula in JanuaryUnited States · 274 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.9°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Kelowna in JanuaryCanada · 290 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 59 mm precipitation
- Bellevue in JanuaryUnited States · 358 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 1.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Kirkland in JanuaryUnited States · 358 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 179 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 Spokane) is explained once on the Spokane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.