Whitehorse Weather in January
Average highs run from -15°C on January 1 to -13°C on January 31, and lows from -21°C to -20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 37 mm over about 12 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
January at a glance
- Average high
- -14°C
- Average low
- -21°C
- Precipitation
- 37 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 1°CJan 14, 2018
- Reanalysis low
- -45°CJan 27, 2008
- Daylight
- 5 h 50 min to 7 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 97%
- Dew point
- -18°C
- Wind
- 9.0 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | -15°C | -21°C | -1°C 2019 | -41°C 1997 | 34% |
| Jan 2 | -15°C | -21°C | -3°C 2018 | -38°C 1997 | 34% |
| Jan 3 | -15°C | -22°C | -2°C 2001 | -38°C 1997 | 33% |
| Jan 4 | -16°C | -22°C | -2°C 2003 | -42°C 1998 | 33% |
| Jan 5 | -16°C | -22°C | 0°C 2003 | -42°C 1998 | 33% |
| Jan 6 | -16°C | -22°C | 0°C 2003 | -37°C 2009 | 34% |
| Jan 7 | -15°C | -22°C | -4°C 2012 | -39°C 2009 | 35% |
| Jan 8 | -15°C | -22°C | -3°C 2012 | -38°C 1997 | 36% |
| Jan 9 | -15°C | -22°C | -3°C 2002 | -39°C 1994 | 36% |
| Jan 10 | -15°C | -22°C | -6°C 1997 | -41°C 2020 | 36% |
| Jan 11 | -15°C | -21°C | -4°C 1997 | -43°C 2005 | 36% |
| Jan 12 | -15°C | -21°C | -1°C 1997 | -45°C 1996 | 36% |
| Jan 13 | -15°C | -21°C | -1°C 2013 | -45°C 1996 | 37% |
| Jan 14 | -14°C | -21°C | 1°C 2018 | -43°C 2011 | 37% |
| Jan 15 | -14°C | -21°C | 0°C 2018 | -42°C 2011 | 35% |
| Jan 16 | -14°C | -21°C | 0°C 2014 | -41°C 2011 | 34% |
| Jan 17 | -14°C | -21°C | 0°C 2009 | -41°C 2012 | 34% |
| Jan 18 | -14°C | -20°C | 0°C 2009 | -37°C 1996 | 35% |
| Jan 19 | -14°C | -20°C | -1°C 2009 | -37°C 1996 | 35% |
| Jan 20 | -14°C | -20°C | -2°C 2009 | -39°C 1999 | 35% |
| Jan 21 | -14°C | -20°C | -2°C 2004 | -41°C 1999 | 36% |
| Jan 22 | -14°C | -20°C | 0°C 2014 | -37°C 2009 | 36% |
| Jan 23 | -13°C | -20°C | 1°C 2014 | -39°C 2009 | 36% |
| Jan 24 | -13°C | -20°C | 1°C 2014 | -38°C 1997 | 35% |
| Jan 25 | -13°C | -20°C | -1°C 2014 | -40°C 2004 | 34% |
| Jan 26 | -13°C | -20°C | -2°C 2019 | -45°C 2008 | 34% |
| Jan 27 | -13°C | -20°C | -2°C 2017 | -45°C 2008 | 36% |
| Jan 28 | -13°C | -20°C | -2°C 2017 | -43°C 2013 | 35% |
| Jan 29 | -13°C | -20°C | -1°C 1993 | -38°C 2008 | 34% |
| Jan 30 | -13°C | -20°C | -3°C 1992 | -39°C 2008 | 35% |
| Jan 31 | -13°C | -20°C | -1°C 1993 | -40°C 2008 | 35% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT-7).
- January 1
- sunrise 11:09 AM, sunset 4:59 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 10:20 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
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.