Halifax Weather in January
Average highs run from 38°F on January 1 to 37°F on January 31, and lows from 22°F to 19°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.59 in over about 9 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 37°F
- Average low
- 20°F
- Precipitation
- 3.59 in
- Snowfall
- 8.4 in
- Record high
- 73°FJan 26, 1950
- Record low
- -9°FJan 21, 1985
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 21 min to 10 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 23°F
- Wind
- 6.5 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 38°F | 22°F | 65°F 2005 | 2°F 1968 | 29% | 9% |
| Jan 2 | 38°F | 22°F | 63°F 2022 | -5°F 1968 | 29% | 9% |
| Jan 3 | 38°F | 21°F | 60°F 1950 | 2°F 2018 | 29% | 9% |
| Jan 4 | 38°F | 21°F | 67°F 1950 | 4°F 1981 | 29% | 9% |
| Jan 5 | 38°F | 21°F | 64°F 1950 | 4°F 1968 | 29% | 10% |
| Jan 6 | 37°F | 21°F | 69°F 2007 | 2°F 1942 | 29% | 10% |
| Jan 7 | 37°F | 21°F | 63°F 2008 | -1°F 2014 | 29% | 10% |
| Jan 8 | 37°F | 21°F | 68°F 2008 | 0°F 1942 | 29% | 10% |
| Jan 9 | 37°F | 21°F | 69°F 2003 | -3°F 1942 | 29% | 10% |
| Jan 10 | 37°F | 20°F | 62°F 2003 | 2°F 1982 | 29% | 11% |
| Jan 11 | 37°F | 20°F | 72°F 2020 | -1°F 1988 | 29% | 11% |
| Jan 12 | 37°F | 20°F | 72°F 2020 | -4°F 1981 | 30% | 11% |
| Jan 13 | 37°F | 20°F | 66°F 1972 | -4°F 1981 | 30% | 11% |
| Jan 14 | 37°F | 20°F | 66°F 2005 | 4°F 1988 | 30% | 12% |
| Jan 15 | 37°F | 20°F | 55°F 1953 | -3°F 1964 | 30% | 12% |
| Jan 16 | 37°F | 20°F | 62°F 1990 | -2°F 1964 | 30% | 12% |
| Jan 17 | 37°F | 20°F | 65°F 1990 | -6°F 1982 | 30% | 13% |
| Jan 18 | 37°F | 20°F | 66°F 1990 | -2°F 1957 | 30% | 13% |
| Jan 19 | 37°F | 20°F | 66°F 1951 | 3°F 1940 | 30% | 13% |
| Jan 20 | 36°F | 19°F | 68°F 1951 | -2°F 1985 | 30% | 14% |
| Jan 21 | 36°F | 19°F | 64°F 1959 | -9°F 1985 | 30% | 14% |
| Jan 22 | 36°F | 19°F | 62°F 1959 | -9°F 1984 | 30% | 14% |
| Jan 23 | 36°F | 19°F | 67°F 1967 | -1°F 1961 | 30% | 14% |
| Jan 24 | 37°F | 19°F | 71°F 1967 | 0°F 1963 | 30% | 15% |
| Jan 25 | 37°F | 19°F | 71°F 1967 | 2°F 1961 | 30% | 15% |
| Jan 26 | 37°F | 19°F | 73°F 1950 | -2°F 1948 | 30% | 15% |
| Jan 27 | 37°F | 19°F | 69°F 1974 | 7°F 2003 | 30% | 15% |
| Jan 28 | 37°F | 19°F | 65°F 1944 | 2°F 1988 | 30% | 15% |
| Jan 29 | 37°F | 19°F | 69°F 2002 | -4°F 1948 | 30% | 15% |
| Jan 30 | 37°F | 19°F | 70°F 1947 | 2°F 2019 | 30% | 15% |
| Jan 31 | 37°F | 19°F | 67°F 1974 | -4°F 2019 | 30% | 15% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:31 AM, sunset 4:52 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:25 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00362071 (Dehart Dam), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014751, 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.