Saint Andrews Weather in January
Average highs run from 4°C on January 1 to 5°C on January 31, and lows from 1°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 87 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
- 5°C
- Average low
- 1°C
- Precipitation
- 87 mm
- Record high
- 14°CJan 26, 2003
- Record low
- -14°CJan 8, 1982
- Daylight
- 7 h 00 min to 8 h 32 min
- Cloud cover
- 77%
- Humidity
- 94%
- Dew point
- 2°C
- Wind
- 22.7 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 | 4°C | 1°C | 14°C 2022 | -5°C 2009 | 52% |
| Jan 2 | 4°C | 1°C | 12°C 1981 | -5°C 1980 | 52% |
| Jan 3 | 4°C | 1°C | 12°C 2007 | -7°C 2010 | 53% |
| Jan 4 | 5°C | 1°C | 11°C 2023 | -8°C 1979 | 54% |
| Jan 5 | 5°C | 1°C | 12°C 1975 | -6°C 2002 | 56% |
| Jan 6 | 5°C | 1°C | 10°C 2023 | -5°C 2009 | 56% |
| Jan 7 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 2020 | -6°C 2010 | 58% |
| Jan 8 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 1989 | -14°C 1982 | 58% |
| Jan 9 | 5°C | 1°C | 14°C 1998 | -6°C 2021 | 58% |
| Jan 10 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 1998 | -5°C 2010 | 57% |
| Jan 11 | 5°C | 1°C | 14°C 1976 | -12°C 1982 | 58% |
| Jan 12 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 1976 | -5°C 1987 | 57% |
| Jan 13 | 5°C | 1°C | 12°C 1997 | -12°C 1977 | 55% |
| Jan 14 | 5°C | 1°C | 12°C 1975 | -11°C 1979 | 55% |
| Jan 15 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 1989 | -9°C 1982 | 54% |
| Jan 16 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 1993 | -6°C 1982 | 55% |
| Jan 17 | 5°C | 1°C | 9°C 1996 | -6°C 1991 | 55% |
| Jan 18 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 1974 | -5°C 1978 | 55% |
| Jan 19 | 5°C | 1°C | 12°C 1992 | -6°C 1978 | 54% |
| Jan 20 | 5°C | 1°C | 10°C 1989 | -4°C 2018 | 53% |
| Jan 21 | 5°C | 1°C | 14°C 1990 | -8°C 1984 | 52% |
| Jan 22 | 5°C | 1°C | 12°C 2024 | -6°C 1992 | 51% |
| Jan 23 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 2024 | -4°C 2019 | 50% |
| Jan 24 | 5°C | 1°C | 12°C 2024 | -6°C 1992 | 49% |
| Jan 25 | 5°C | 1°C | 14°C 2016 | -6°C 1979 | 48% |
| Jan 26 | 5°C | 1°C | 14°C 2003 | -8°C 1984 | 46% |
| Jan 27 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 2003 | -7°C 2017 | 47% |
| Jan 28 | 5°C | 1°C | 13°C 2007 | -8°C 1979 | 48% |
| Jan 29 | 5°C | 1°C | 14°C 1982 | -4°C 1977 | 47% |
| Jan 30 | 5°C | 1°C | 14°C 1982 | -5°C 1995 | 47% |
| Jan 31 | 5°C | 1°C | 14°C 2007 | -7°C 2006 | 46% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:45 AM, sunset 3:45 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 8:09 AM, sunset 4:41 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003171, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.