Calgary climate

Calgary Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Calgary, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -5°C on January 1 to -2°C on January 31, and lows from -13°C to -11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 19 mm over about 6 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Calgary, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-4°C
Average low
-13°C
Precipitation
19 mm
Reanalysis high
9°CJan 25, 2014
Reanalysis low
-37°CJan 25, 1997
Daylight
8 h 01 min to 9 h 12 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
-11°C
Wind
14.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 1-5°C-13°C3°C 1992-28°C 201821%
Jan 2-5°C-14°C3°C 2007-30°C 200921%
Jan 3-5°C-14°C4°C 2003-30°C 200922%
Jan 4-5°C-14°C6°C 2012-29°C 201421%
Jan 5-5°C-14°C5°C 2001-31°C 201420%
Jan 6-5°C-14°C6°C 2003-31°C 199119%
Jan 7-5°C-14°C7°C 2003-27°C 199121%
Jan 8-5°C-14°C6°C 2002-29°C 199121%
Jan 9-5°C-14°C6°C 2012-30°C 199321%
Jan 10-5°C-14°C5°C 2002-31°C 201723%
Jan 11-5°C-14°C3°C 2019-31°C 199722%
Jan 12-4°C-13°C5°C 2002-30°C 200521%
Jan 13-4°C-13°C4°C 2004-32°C 200521%
Jan 14-4°C-13°C5°C 2004-31°C 200520%
Jan 15-4°C-13°C5°C 2004-31°C 202019%
Jan 16-4°C-13°C3°C 2014-29°C 202019%
Jan 17-4°C-13°C5°C 2014-31°C 199618%
Jan 18-3°C-12°C6°C 2014-32°C 199617%
Jan 19-3°C-12°C5°C 1992-33°C 199617%
Jan 20-3°C-12°C4°C 2009-30°C 199617%
Jan 21-3°C-12°C3°C 1991-25°C 200816%
Jan 22-3°C-12°C4°C 2004-25°C 200315%
Jan 23-3°C-12°C6°C 2005-27°C 199715%
Jan 24-2°C-12°C9°C 2014-32°C 199715%
Jan 25-2°C-12°C9°C 2014-37°C 199713%
Jan 26-2°C-11°C6°C 2015-33°C 199714%
Jan 27-2°C-12°C6°C 2015-33°C 200414%
Jan 28-2°C-11°C5°C 2001-36°C 199614%
Jan 29-2°C-11°C6°C 2005-36°C 199615%
Jan 30-2°C-11°C6°C 2005-31°C 199615%
Jan 31-2°C-11°C5°C 1992-26°C 201114%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Calgary, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

January 1
sunrise 8:40 AM, sunset 4:41 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:14 AM, sunset 5:26 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.