Letterkenny climate

Letterkenny Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 6°C on January 1 to 7°C on January 31, and lows from 3°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 121 mm over about 22 wet days.

January day by day

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

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

January at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
121 mm
Reanalysis high
13°CJan 7, 2020
Reanalysis low
-3°CJan 10, 2010
Daylight
7 h 19 min to 8 h 43 min
Cloud cover
84%
Humidity
91%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
27.4 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 16°C3°C12°C 2015-1°C 200271%
Jan 26°C3°C11°C 1992-1°C 199570%
Jan 36°C3°C11°C 2007-1°C 201170%
Jan 46°C3°C10°C 2005-1°C 200870%
Jan 57°C3°C10°C 2004-1°C 200371%
Jan 67°C3°C10°C 2005-1°C 201071%
Jan 77°C3°C13°C 2020-1°C 201172%
Jan 87°C3°C11°C 2007-2°C 201071%
Jan 97°C3°C12°C 2015-3°C 201072%
Jan 107°C3°C12°C 1998-3°C 201072%
Jan 117°C3°C11°C 1998-2°C 200372%
Jan 127°C3°C11°C 2007-1°C 199173%
Jan 137°C3°C10°C 1997-1°C 199172%
Jan 147°C3°C11°C 20020°C 199173%
Jan 157°C3°C11°C 20050°C 200172%
Jan 167°C3°C12°C 1993-1°C 200172%
Jan 177°C3°C11°C 19930°C 200172%
Jan 187°C3°C12°C 20080°C 200172%
Jan 197°C3°C11°C 2007-1°C 200171%
Jan 207°C3°C10°C 2002-2°C 200170%
Jan 217°C3°C11°C 1993-1°C 201770%
Jan 227°C3°C11°C 2016-2°C 201370%
Jan 237°C3°C11°C 2008-2°C 201369%
Jan 247°C3°C13°C 2016-2°C 201368%
Jan 256°C3°C12°C 2016-1°C 199667%
Jan 266°C3°C12°C 2003-1°C 199666%
Jan 277°C3°C11°C 2002-1°C 199167%
Jan 287°C3°C11°C 2018-1°C 199667%
Jan 297°C3°C11°C 2013-1°C 199667%
Jan 307°C3°C10°C 2009-1°C 199568%
Jan 317°C3°C10°C 2007-1°C 199168%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

January 1
sunrise 8:55 AM, sunset 4:14 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:23 AM, sunset 5:06 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.