Fort William Weather in January
Average highs run from 3°C on January 1 to 3°C on January 31, and lows from -1°C to 0°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 192 mm over about 25 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
- 3°C
- Average low
- 0°C
- Precipitation
- 192 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 10°CJan 7, 2020
- Reanalysis low
- -12°CJan 10, 2010
- Daylight
- 6 h 54 min to 8 h 27 min
- Cloud cover
- 79%
- Humidity
- 96%
- Dew point
- 1°C
- Wind
- 23.0 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 | 3°C | -1°C | 9°C 2015 | -7°C 2002 | 75% |
| Jan 2 | 3°C | -1°C | 9°C 1992 | -8°C 2010 | 74% |
| Jan 3 | 3°C | -1°C | 8°C 2007 | -9°C 2010 | 75% |
| Jan 4 | 3°C | -1°C | 7°C 2013 | -6°C 1997 | 76% |
| Jan 5 | 3°C | -1°C | 8°C 2020 | -8°C 2010 | 76% |
| Jan 6 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2005 | -8°C 2018 | 78% |
| Jan 7 | 3°C | 0°C | 10°C 2020 | -10°C 2018 | 78% |
| Jan 8 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2013 | -9°C 2018 | 78% |
| Jan 9 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2005 | -10°C 2010 | 78% |
| Jan 10 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 1998 | -12°C 2010 | 78% |
| Jan 11 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2009 | -7°C 2011 | 79% |
| Jan 12 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2007 | -4°C 2001 | 78% |
| Jan 13 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2003 | -6°C 1991 | 78% |
| Jan 14 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2002 | -5°C 1991 | 78% |
| Jan 15 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2005 | -6°C 1991 | 78% |
| Jan 16 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 1993 | -8°C 2001 | 78% |
| Jan 17 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 1993 | -8°C 2001 | 79% |
| Jan 18 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2006 | -6°C 2015 | 79% |
| Jan 19 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2006 | -8°C 2015 | 78% |
| Jan 20 | 3°C | 0°C | 7°C 2004 | -9°C 2013 | 77% |
| Jan 21 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2002 | -7°C 2018 | 76% |
| Jan 22 | 3°C | 0°C | 7°C 2020 | -6°C 2015 | 76% |
| Jan 23 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2008 | -6°C 2013 | 76% |
| Jan 24 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2016 | -6°C 2013 | 76% |
| Jan 25 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2016 | -5°C 1995 | 76% |
| Jan 26 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2003 | -6°C 1995 | 75% |
| Jan 27 | 3°C | 0°C | 9°C 2003 | -6°C 1995 | 76% |
| Jan 28 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2018 | -6°C 1996 | 76% |
| Jan 29 | 3°C | 0°C | 7°C 2000 | -8°C 1995 | 78% |
| Jan 30 | 3°C | 0°C | 7°C 2000 | -9°C 1995 | 78% |
| Jan 31 | 3°C | 0°C | 8°C 2007 | -6°C 2019 | 78% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:57 AM, sunset 3:51 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 8:21 AM, sunset 4:48 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.