Winnipeg climate

Winnipeg Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -13°C on January 1 to -12°C on January 31, and lows from -22°C to -22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 22 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 Winnipeg, in °C, with the record for each date.-50-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-13°C
Average low
-23°C
Precipitation
22 mm
Reanalysis high
2°CJan 5, 2012
Reanalysis low
-44°CJan 30, 2019
Daylight
8 h 11 min to 9 h 19 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
95%
Dew point
-18°C
Wind
16.9 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 1-13°C-22°C-5°C 2020-36°C 199320%
Jan 2-13°C-22°C-1°C 1992-36°C 199120%
Jan 3-13°C-22°C1°C 2007-36°C 201521%
Jan 4-13°C-22°C1°C 2001-41°C 201521%
Jan 5-13°C-23°C2°C 2012-41°C 200421%
Jan 6-13°C-23°C0°C 2006-37°C 199620%
Jan 7-14°C-23°C1°C 2003-37°C 199120%
Jan 8-13°C-23°C2°C 2003-36°C 199321%
Jan 9-13°C-23°C1°C 2002-41°C 199122%
Jan 10-13°C-23°C0°C 2012-39°C 199323%
Jan 11-13°C-23°C-1°C 2002-35°C 199423%
Jan 12-13°C-23°C1°C 1996-41°C 200723%
Jan 13-13°C-23°C-2°C 2010-40°C 199423%
Jan 14-13°C-23°C-5°C 2006-40°C 199423%
Jan 15-13°C-23°C1°C 2014-41°C 199424%
Jan 16-13°C-23°C2°C 2010-40°C 200524%
Jan 17-13°C-23°C0°C 2015-41°C 200524%
Jan 18-13°C-23°C0°C 2017-42°C 199423%
Jan 19-13°C-23°C0°C 2018-43°C 199623%
Jan 20-13°C-23°C1°C 2017-41°C 199623%
Jan 21-13°C-23°C1°C 2017-35°C 201324%
Jan 22-13°C-23°C1°C 2015-38°C 199623%
Jan 23-12°C-23°C1°C 2006-37°C 201422%
Jan 24-12°C-23°C-1°C 2010-36°C 201320%
Jan 25-12°C-23°C-3°C 2012-37°C 201918%
Jan 26-12°C-23°C1°C 2006-41°C 199718%
Jan 27-12°C-22°C0°C 2016-38°C 201918%
Jan 28-12°C-22°C0°C 1992-41°C 200418%
Jan 29-12°C-22°C1°C 2016-43°C 200418%
Jan 30-12°C-22°C1°C 1993-44°C 201917%
Jan 31-12°C-22°C1°C 1993-42°C 199617%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

January 1
sunrise 8:27 AM, sunset 4:38 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:03 AM, sunset 5:22 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.