Medicine Hat Weather in January
Average highs run from -4°C on January 1 to -1°C on January 31, and lows from -12°C to -10°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 low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
January at a glance
- Average high
- -3°C
- Average low
- -12°C
- Precipitation
- 19 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 11°CJan 27, 2015
- Reanalysis low
- -36°CJan 29, 1996
- Daylight
- 8 h 11 min to 9 h 19 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- -10°C
- Wind
- 19.4 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | -4°C | -12°C | 4°C 1997 | -28°C 2018 | 22% |
| Jan 2 | -4°C | -13°C | 6°C 2012 | -27°C 1991 | 23% |
| Jan 3 | -4°C | -13°C | 6°C 2019 | -29°C 2009 | 23% |
| Jan 4 | -5°C | -13°C | 8°C 2019 | -30°C 1991 | 22% |
| Jan 5 | -5°C | -13°C | 7°C 2012 | -33°C 2014 | 22% |
| Jan 6 | -4°C | -13°C | 7°C 2019 | -35°C 1991 | 20% |
| Jan 7 | -4°C | -13°C | 7°C 2003 | -26°C 1991 | 21% |
| Jan 8 | -4°C | -13°C | 7°C 2002 | -30°C 1991 | 22% |
| Jan 9 | -4°C | -13°C | 7°C 2012 | -32°C 1993 | 20% |
| Jan 10 | -4°C | -13°C | 6°C 2019 | -32°C 1997 | 20% |
| Jan 11 | -4°C | -13°C | 5°C 2019 | -32°C 1997 | 20% |
| Jan 12 | -4°C | -13°C | 8°C 2002 | -33°C 2005 | 20% |
| Jan 13 | -4°C | -13°C | 5°C 2004 | -36°C 2005 | 20% |
| Jan 14 | -4°C | -12°C | 6°C 2006 | -35°C 2005 | 19% |
| Jan 15 | -3°C | -12°C | 6°C 2014 | -32°C 2005 | 18% |
| Jan 16 | -3°C | -12°C | 4°C 2014 | -26°C 2020 | 19% |
| Jan 17 | -3°C | -12°C | 6°C 2014 | -28°C 1996 | 19% |
| Jan 18 | -3°C | -12°C | 6°C 2010 | -30°C 2012 | 19% |
| Jan 19 | -3°C | -12°C | 6°C 2005 | -27°C 1996 | 19% |
| Jan 20 | -3°C | -11°C | 5°C 2005 | -27°C 1996 | 19% |
| Jan 21 | -3°C | -11°C | 5°C 2012 | -25°C 1996 | 20% |
| Jan 22 | -2°C | -11°C | 6°C 2016 | -25°C 1996 | 18% |
| Jan 23 | -2°C | -11°C | 9°C 2005 | -25°C 1997 | 18% |
| Jan 24 | -2°C | -11°C | 10°C 2005 | -29°C 1997 | 18% |
| Jan 25 | -2°C | -11°C | 9°C 2015 | -29°C 1997 | 17% |
| Jan 26 | -2°C | -11°C | 8°C 2015 | -28°C 1997 | 16% |
| Jan 27 | -2°C | -11°C | 11°C 2015 | -31°C 2004 | 16% |
| Jan 28 | -2°C | -11°C | 9°C 2016 | -33°C 1996 | 16% |
| Jan 29 | -1°C | -11°C | 8°C 2005 | -36°C 1996 | 17% |
| Jan 30 | -1°C | -11°C | 9°C 2012 | -34°C 1996 | 17% |
| Jan 31 | -1°C | -10°C | 9°C 1992 | -27°C 2004 | 16% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:21 AM, sunset 4:32 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:57 AM, sunset 5:16 PM
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.