Medicine Hat climate

Medicine Hat Weather in January

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

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 daily high and low temperature at Medicine Hat, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 1-4°C-12°C4°C 1997-28°C 201822%
Jan 2-4°C-13°C6°C 2012-27°C 199123%
Jan 3-4°C-13°C6°C 2019-29°C 200923%
Jan 4-5°C-13°C8°C 2019-30°C 199122%
Jan 5-5°C-13°C7°C 2012-33°C 201422%
Jan 6-4°C-13°C7°C 2019-35°C 199120%
Jan 7-4°C-13°C7°C 2003-26°C 199121%
Jan 8-4°C-13°C7°C 2002-30°C 199122%
Jan 9-4°C-13°C7°C 2012-32°C 199320%
Jan 10-4°C-13°C6°C 2019-32°C 199720%
Jan 11-4°C-13°C5°C 2019-32°C 199720%
Jan 12-4°C-13°C8°C 2002-33°C 200520%
Jan 13-4°C-13°C5°C 2004-36°C 200520%
Jan 14-4°C-12°C6°C 2006-35°C 200519%
Jan 15-3°C-12°C6°C 2014-32°C 200518%
Jan 16-3°C-12°C4°C 2014-26°C 202019%
Jan 17-3°C-12°C6°C 2014-28°C 199619%
Jan 18-3°C-12°C6°C 2010-30°C 201219%
Jan 19-3°C-12°C6°C 2005-27°C 199619%
Jan 20-3°C-11°C5°C 2005-27°C 199619%
Jan 21-3°C-11°C5°C 2012-25°C 199620%
Jan 22-2°C-11°C6°C 2016-25°C 199618%
Jan 23-2°C-11°C9°C 2005-25°C 199718%
Jan 24-2°C-11°C10°C 2005-29°C 199718%
Jan 25-2°C-11°C9°C 2015-29°C 199717%
Jan 26-2°C-11°C8°C 2015-28°C 199716%
Jan 27-2°C-11°C11°C 2015-31°C 200416%
Jan 28-2°C-11°C9°C 2016-33°C 199616%
Jan 29-1°C-11°C8°C 2005-36°C 199617%
Jan 30-1°C-11°C9°C 2012-34°C 199617%
Jan 31-1°C-10°C9°C 1992-27°C 200416%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Medicine Hat, in percent.05101520251102030
  • 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

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.