Whitby climate

Whitby Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -2°C on January 1 to -3°C on January 31, and lows from -8°C to -11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Whitby, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-3°C
Average low
-10°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Reanalysis high
12°CJan 13, 2005
Reanalysis low
-28°CJan 27, 2003
Daylight
8 h 59 min to 9 h 51 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
90%
Dew point
-8°C
Wind
22.0 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 1-2°C-8°C7°C 2007-18°C 199941%
Jan 2-2°C-8°C8°C 2000-21°C 201442%
Jan 3-2°C-8°C7°C 2004-27°C 201442%
Jan 4-2°C-8°C9°C 2000-22°C 199644%
Jan 5-2°C-8°C9°C 2007-20°C 201844%
Jan 6-2°C-8°C7°C 2007-21°C 201844%
Jan 7-2°C-9°C10°C 2008-22°C 201444%
Jan 8-2°C-9°C12°C 2008-20°C 199643%
Jan 9-2°C-9°C10°C 2008-24°C 200444%
Jan 10-2°C-9°C5°C 2016-23°C 200445%
Jan 11-2°C-9°C8°C 2020-18°C 199645%
Jan 12-2°C-9°C8°C 2018-16°C 200144%
Jan 13-3°C-10°C12°C 2005-27°C 199943%
Jan 14-3°C-10°C11°C 1995-27°C 199942%
Jan 15-3°C-10°C11°C 1995-24°C 199441%
Jan 16-3°C-10°C2°C 1995-23°C 199441%
Jan 17-3°C-10°C6°C 2012-22°C 200040%
Jan 18-3°C-10°C6°C 1996-22°C 199740%
Jan 19-3°C-11°C7°C 1996-20°C 199438%
Jan 20-3°C-11°C7°C 2006-23°C 200138%
Jan 21-3°C-11°C5°C 2017-24°C 201936%
Jan 22-3°C-11°C5°C 2017-23°C 201436%
Jan 23-3°C-11°C5°C 2017-22°C 201136%
Jan 24-3°C-11°C3°C 2010-22°C 201135%
Jan 25-3°C-11°C4°C 2010-21°C 200435%
Jan 26-3°C-11°C4°C 2016-26°C 199434%
Jan 27-3°C-11°C5°C 2002-28°C 200335%
Jan 28-3°C-11°C6°C 2006-19°C 201935%
Jan 29-3°C-11°C3°C 2008-19°C 200335%
Jan 30-3°C-10°C10°C 2013-25°C 199434%
Jan 31-3°C-11°C6°C 2013-22°C 201133%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Whitby, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

January 1
sunrise 7:50 AM, sunset 4:49 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 5:25 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.