St. John's climate

St. John's Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 1°C on January 1 to -1°C on January 31, and lows from -3°C to -5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 122 mm over about 17 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 St. John's, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
0°C
Average low
-4°C
Precipitation
122 mm
Record high
15°CJan 13, 2018
Record low
-18°CJan 2, 2014
Daylight
8 h 31 min to 9 h 32 min
Cloud cover
79%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
-4°C
Wind
29.2 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 11°C-3°C6°C 2023-15°C 201458%
Jan 20°C-3°C6°C 2022-18°C 201457%
Jan 30°C-3°C6°C 2022-18°C 201457%
Jan 40°C-4°C3°C 2016-17°C 201956%
Jan 50°C-4°C10°C 2018-11°C 201656%
Jan 60°C-4°C9°C 2022-13°C 202457%
Jan 70°C-4°C10°C 2014-12°C 202456%
Jan 80°C-4°C9°C 2017-13°C 201555%
Jan 90°C-4°C3°C 2015-15°C 201556%
Jan 100°C-4°C6°C 2022-13°C 202056%
Jan 110°C-4°C4°C 2020-12°C 202256%
Jan 120°C-4°C11°C 2014-14°C 202356%
Jan 130°C-4°C15°C 2018-15°C 201556%
Jan 140°C-4°C14°C 2018-15°C 201557%
Jan 150°C-4°C14°C 2023-13°C 202057%
Jan 160°C-4°C10°C 2014-15°C 201755%
Jan 170°C-4°C12°C 2014-13°C 201755%
Jan 180°C-4°C8°C 2023-16°C 201355%
Jan 190°C-4°C4°C 2015-16°C 201355%
Jan 200°C-5°C7°C 2022-11°C 201956%
Jan 210°C-5°C11°C 2019-14°C 202054%
Jan 220°C-5°C10°C 2014-16°C 202056%
Jan 230°C-5°C9°C 2014-15°C 202456%
Jan 240°C-5°C8°C 2018-16°C 202456%
Jan 25-1°C-5°C10°C 2019-13°C 202055%
Jan 26-1°C-5°C6°C 2014-12°C 201655%
Jan 27-1°C-5°C8°C 2023-13°C 202255%
Jan 28-1°C-5°C10°C 2015-16°C 202255%
Jan 29-1°C-5°C6°C 2022-12°C 201354%
Jan 30-1°C-5°C11°C 2022-10°C 201456%
Jan 31-1°C-5°C8°C 2018-12°C 202456%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at St. John's, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3:30).

January 1
sunrise 7:49 AM, sunset 4:20 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 5:01 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station CA008403505, 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.