Dumfries climate

Dumfries Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 5°C on January 1 to 5°C on January 31, and lows from 2°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 127 mm over about 19 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dumfries, in °C, with the record for each date.-10-5051015151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
5°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
127 mm
Reanalysis high
11°CJan 9, 2015
Reanalysis low
-6°CJan 8, 2010
Daylight
7 h 17 min to 8 h 42 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
94%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
24.8 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 15°C2°C11°C 2015-3°C 199765%
Jan 25°C2°C9°C 1992-3°C 201064%
Jan 35°C2°C10°C 2007-4°C 201065%
Jan 45°C2°C9°C 2005-4°C 201065%
Jan 55°C2°C9°C 2004-5°C 201067%
Jan 65°C2°C9°C 2005-6°C 201068%
Jan 75°C2°C10°C 2020-5°C 201068%
Jan 85°C2°C10°C 2007-6°C 201068%
Jan 95°C2°C11°C 2015-5°C 201069%
Jan 105°C2°C10°C 2015-2°C 201069%
Jan 115°C2°C9°C 2004-2°C 200369%
Jan 125°C2°C10°C 2007-2°C 199168%
Jan 135°C2°C9°C 2007-1°C 201067%
Jan 145°C2°C9°C 2002-2°C 201067%
Jan 155°C2°C9°C 2005-2°C 201365%
Jan 165°C2°C9°C 1993-3°C 200164%
Jan 175°C2°C9°C 1993-3°C 200164%
Jan 185°C2°C10°C 2008-3°C 200162%
Jan 195°C2°C10°C 2007-2°C 201361%
Jan 205°C2°C9°C 2007-3°C 201860%
Jan 215°C2°C10°C 1993-2°C 200858%
Jan 225°C2°C9°C 2016-2°C 200857%
Jan 235°C2°C9°C 2008-3°C 201356%
Jan 245°C2°C10°C 2016-3°C 201355%
Jan 255°C2°C10°C 2016-1°C 199654%
Jan 265°C2°C11°C 2003-1°C 199652%
Jan 275°C2°C10°C 2002-2°C 200453%
Jan 285°C2°C10°C 2018-2°C 199654%
Jan 295°C2°C9°C 2018-2°C 201054%
Jan 305°C2°C9°C 2000-3°C 199555%
Jan 315°C2°C9°C 2007-4°C 199655%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dumfries, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

January 1
sunrise 8:40 AM, sunset 3:57 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:07 AM, sunset 4:49 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.