Thunder Bay climate

Thunder Bay Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -9°C on January 1 to -10°C on January 31, and lows from -18°C to -19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 25 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 Thunder Bay, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-10°C
Average low
-19°C
Precipitation
25 mm
Reanalysis high
3°CJan 10, 2013
Reanalysis low
-38°CJan 18, 1994
Daylight
8 h 25 min to 9 h 28 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
98%
Dew point
-15°C
Wind
12.2 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 1-9°C-18°C0°C 1992-38°C 201424%
Jan 2-9°C-18°C0°C 1992-35°C 201424%
Jan 3-9°C-18°C0°C 2007-33°C 201424%
Jan 4-9°C-18°C1°C 2007-31°C 201825%
Jan 5-9°C-18°C1°C 2007-33°C 201825%
Jan 6-10°C-18°C1°C 2012-37°C 201424%
Jan 7-10°C-18°C1°C 2003-32°C 199123%
Jan 8-10°C-18°C2°C 2003-30°C 201422%
Jan 9-10°C-18°C1°C 2002-32°C 199322%
Jan 10-10°C-18°C3°C 2013-33°C 199123%
Jan 11-10°C-18°C2°C 2013-30°C 199923%
Jan 12-10°C-19°C1°C 2013-30°C 199922%
Jan 13-10°C-19°C-2°C 1996-31°C 199422%
Jan 14-10°C-19°C-2°C 2010-35°C 199424%
Jan 15-10°C-19°C-2°C 2010-35°C 199425%
Jan 16-10°C-19°C0°C 2010-32°C 199425%
Jan 17-10°C-19°C0°C 2010-35°C 200526%
Jan 18-10°C-19°C0°C 2017-38°C 199425%
Jan 19-10°C-20°C1°C 2017-32°C 201924%
Jan 20-10°C-19°C1°C 2017-34°C 201923%
Jan 21-10°C-19°C1°C 2017-34°C 201424%
Jan 22-10°C-19°C1°C 2010-34°C 201324%
Jan 23-10°C-19°C1°C 2017-32°C 199723%
Jan 24-10°C-19°C1°C 2017-34°C 201322%
Jan 25-10°C-19°C-1°C 2017-33°C 199622%
Jan 26-10°C-19°C0°C 2006-32°C 201922%
Jan 27-10°C-19°C1°C 2006-37°C 201923%
Jan 28-10°C-19°C0°C 2008-33°C 201923%
Jan 29-10°C-19°C1°C 2013-33°C 199121%
Jan 30-10°C-19°C1°C 2016-32°C 199620%
Jan 31-10°C-19°C1°C 1995-36°C 199619%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Thunder Bay, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

January 1
sunrise 8:48 AM, sunset 5:13 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:27 AM, sunset 5:55 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.