Sligo climate

Sligo Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 8°C on January 1 to 8°C on January 31, and lows from 5°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 140 mm over about 22 wet days.

January day by day

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

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

January at a glance

Average high
8°C
Average low
5°C
Precipitation
140 mm
Record high
14°CJan 9, 1939
Record low
-6°CJan 10, 2010
Daylight
7 h 27 min to 8 h 48 min
Cloud cover
84%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
33.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 18°C5°C11°C 1933-5°C 200272%
Jan 28°C5°C12°C 1932-2°C 201072%
Jan 38°C5°C13°C 1932-3°C 201072%
Jan 48°C5°C13°C 1932-5°C 200871%
Jan 58°C5°C12°C 1934-1°C 199872%
Jan 68°C6°C13°C 1932-3°C 201072%
Jan 78°C6°C12°C 1934-3°C 201073%
Jan 88°C6°C13°C 1939-6°C 201073%
Jan 98°C6°C14°C 1939-4°C 201072%
Jan 108°C6°C12°C 1998-6°C 201072%
Jan 118°C6°C12°C 1998-1°C 200172%
Jan 128°C6°C14°C 1937-2°C 199973%
Jan 138°C6°C11°C 20250°C 200173%
Jan 148°C6°C11°C 1935-2°C 201573%
Jan 158°C5°C12°C 1933-1°C 200072%
Jan 168°C6°C13°C 1932-1°C 202472%
Jan 178°C6°C12°C 1932-2°C 202372%
Jan 188°C6°C12°C 1932-3°C 202472%
Jan 198°C6°C12°C 1932-2°C 202472%
Jan 208°C5°C12°C 1938-4°C 199870%
Jan 218°C5°C12°C 1938-2°C 201170%
Jan 228°C5°C11°C 1938-1°C 201569%
Jan 238°C5°C12°C 1938-2°C 201769%
Jan 248°C5°C12°C 20160°C 200968%
Jan 258°C5°C11°C 1932-2°C 202167%
Jan 268°C5°C12°C 1938-2°C 201066%
Jan 278°C5°C11°C 2002-1°C 200066%
Jan 288°C5°C11°C 2018-1°C 202066%
Jan 298°C5°C12°C 1938-2°C 199866%
Jan 308°C5°C11°C 2000-2°C 201967%
Jan 318°C5°C11°C 1932-3°C 200666%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).

January 1
sunrise 8:54 AM, sunset 4:21 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:24 AM, sunset 5:12 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station EIM00003973, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.