Brooks Weather in January
Brooks in January
The short of it: Brooks in January averages a high of -5 °C (23 °F) and a low of -16 °C (3 °F), with 13 mm (0.51 in) of rain and about 8 h 27 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -5° · low -16° · rain 13 mm · daylight 8 h 27 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
January in Brooks brings afternoons near -5° and nights around -16°, with about 13 mm of rain over the month. Brooks's coldest stretch of the year, -5° by day and -16° by night. Rain is scarce, about 13 mm, the 10th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 27 min in mid-January, 26 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Brooks runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. Medicine Hat, 105 km to the SE, is 2° warmer by day.
January in Brooks, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine HatAlberta | 105 km SE | -3° | -15° | 12 mm |
| StrathmoreAlberta | 117 km WNW | -4° | -16° | 10 mm |
| LethbridgeAlberta | 119 km SW | 0° | -12° | 14 mm |
| High RiverAlberta | 140 km W | -2° | -15° | 12 mm |
| ChestermereAlberta | 145 km WNW | -3° | -15° | 11 mm |
| MahoganyAlberta | 148 km WNW | -3° | -15° | 10 mm |
| CopperfieldAlberta | 148 km WNW | -3° | -15° | 10 mm |
| OkotoksAlberta | 149 km W | -2° | -15° | 11 mm |