Musselburgh Weather in January
Average highs run from 7°C on January 1 to 8°C on January 31, and lows from 1°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 64 mm over about 16 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 7°C
- Average low
- 1°C
- Precipitation
- 64 mm
- Record high
- 15°CJan 9, 1998
- Record low
- -15°CJan 11, 1982
- Daylight
- 7 h 06 min to 8 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 77%
- Humidity
- 94%
- Dew point
- 2°C
- Wind
- 25.2 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 7°C | 1°C | 13°C 1992 | -8°C 1979 | 55% |
| Jan 2 | 7°C | 1°C | 12°C 2013 | -8°C 2002 | 55% |
| Jan 3 | 7°C | 1°C | 13°C 2007 | -7°C 2002 | 54% |
| Jan 4 | 7°C | 2°C | 12°C 1983 | -7°C 1978 | 55% |
| Jan 5 | 7°C | 2°C | 12°C 1971 | -7°C 1978 | 56% |
| Jan 6 | 8°C | 2°C | 14°C 2020 | -9°C 1970 | 57% |
| Jan 7 | 7°C | 2°C | 13°C 1971 | -13°C 1970 | 58% |
| Jan 8 | 7°C | 2°C | 14°C 1998 | -12°C 1982 | 58% |
| Jan 9 | 8°C | 1°C | 15°C 1998 | -7°C 2010 | 57% |
| Jan 10 | 8°C | 2°C | 14°C 1998 | -13°C 1982 | 55% |
| Jan 11 | 8°C | 2°C | 13°C 1997 | -15°C 1982 | 56% |
| Jan 12 | 8°C | 2°C | 13°C 1997 | -12°C 1982 | 56% |
| Jan 13 | 8°C | 2°C | 12°C 2007 | -12°C 1979 | 55% |
| Jan 14 | 8°C | 2°C | 13°C 1990 | -11°C 1979 | 54% |
| Jan 15 | 8°C | 1°C | 14°C 1993 | -9°C 1982 | 53% |
| Jan 16 | 7°C | 1°C | 12°C 2012 | -8°C 1982 | 53% |
| Jan 17 | 7°C | 2°C | 12°C 1968 | -8°C 1963 | 53% |
| Jan 18 | 7°C | 2°C | 13°C 2008 | -7°C 1966 | 53% |
| Jan 19 | 7°C | 2°C | 12°C 2006 | -7°C 1980 | 53% |
| Jan 20 | 7°C | 1°C | 13°C 2002 | -9°C 1984 | 53% |
| Jan 21 | 7°C | 1°C | 14°C 1960 | -8°C 1984 | 52% |
| Jan 22 | 8°C | 1°C | 13°C 2024 | -6°C 1992 | 51% |
| Jan 23 | 8°C | 2°C | 15°C 2016 | -8°C 1992 | 50% |
| Jan 24 | 8°C | 2°C | 14°C 2016 | -7°C 1992 | 50% |
| Jan 25 | 8°C | 1°C | 13°C 2016 | -4°C 1984 | 50% |
| Jan 26 | 8°C | 1°C | 13°C 1989 | -6°C 1984 | 48% |
| Jan 27 | 8°C | 2°C | 13°C 2018 | -9°C 1985 | 48% |
| Jan 28 | 7°C | 2°C | 13°C 1966 | -6°C 1979 | 49% |
| Jan 29 | 7°C | 1°C | 12°C 1967 | -6°C 1977 | 50% |
| Jan 30 | 7°C | 1°C | 13°C 2020 | -7°C 1965 | 50% |
| Jan 31 | 8°C | 1°C | 13°C 2007 | -9°C 1972 | 48% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:43 AM, sunset 3:49 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 8:09 AM, sunset 4:43 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKE00105888, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.