Fort St. John climate

Fort St. John Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -11°C on January 1 to -8°C on January 31, and lows from -18°C to -16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 43 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Fort St. John, in °C, with the record for each date.-60-40-20020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
-10°C
Average low
-17°C
Precipitation
43 mm
Record high
13°CJan 29, 2024
Record low
-41°CJan 14, 2024
Daylight
7 h 02 min to 8 h 33 min
Cloud cover
71%
Humidity
98%
Dew point
-14°C
Wind
7.9 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 1-11°C-18°C5°C 2019-31°C 201833%
Jan 2-12°C-19°C7°C 2019-28°C 202234%
Jan 3-12°C-19°C4°C 2018-32°C 202234%
Jan 4-12°C-19°C2°C 2018-37°C 202235%
Jan 5-12°C-19°C-1°C 2018-37°C 202236%
Jan 6-12°C-19°C4°C 2021-37°C 202236%
Jan 7-11°C-19°C1°C 2021-31°C 202237%
Jan 8-11°C-19°C-1°C 2021-30°C 202236%
Jan 9-11°C-19°C1°C 2014-27°C 202235%
Jan 10-11°C-18°C3°C 2021-32°C 202436%
Jan 11-11°C-18°C5°C 2021-36°C 201836%
Jan 12-11°C-18°C4°C 2019-37°C 202436%
Jan 13-11°C-18°C5°C 2015-35°C 202436%
Jan 14-11°C-18°C7°C 2014-41°C 202436%
Jan 15-10°C-18°C7°C 2013-34°C 202035%
Jan 16-10°C-18°C6°C 2017-34°C 202037%
Jan 17-10°C-17°C6°C 2014-32°C 202036%
Jan 18-10°C-17°C7°C 2014-36°C 202035%
Jan 19-10°C-17°C6°C 2021-26°C 202035%
Jan 20-9°C-17°C4°C 2023-22°C 201335%
Jan 21-9°C-17°C6°C 2015-19°C 202435%
Jan 22-9°C-17°C6°C 2022-19°C 202435%
Jan 23-9°C-16°C7°C 2014-19°C 201937%
Jan 24-9°C-16°C10°C 2014-20°C 201338%
Jan 25-8°C-16°C8°C 2014-19°C 202137%
Jan 26-8°C-16°C7°C 2023-21°C 201836%
Jan 27-8°C-16°C8°C 2024-25°C 202135%
Jan 28-8°C-16°C8°C 2024-26°C 202135%
Jan 29-8°C-16°C13°C 2024-26°C 202134%
Jan 30-8°C-16°C10°C 2024-27°C 201334%
Jan 31-8°C-16°C5°C 2024-26°C 201832%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Fort St. John, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

January 1
sunrise 9:36 AM, sunset 4:38 PM
January 31
sunrise 9:01 AM, sunset 5:34 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station CA001183001, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.