Clairmont Weather in January
Clairmont in January
The short of it: Clairmont in January averages a high of -8 °C (18 °F) and a low of -18 °C (-1 °F), with 33 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 7 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -8° · low -18° · rain 33 mm · daylight 7 h 42 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & September
Thirty years of records give Clairmont an average January high of -8°, a low of -18° and some 33 mm of rain. Clairmont's coldest stretch of the year, -8° by day and -18° by night. Rain is modest, about 33 mm, the 6th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 7 h 42 min in mid-January, 34 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 May and September.
Against its neighbours, Clairmont runs cooler than most and about as wet in January. Westlake, 5 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Clairmont, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 13 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WestlakeAlberta | 5 km SSW | -8° | -18° | 33 mm |
| SexsmithAlberta | 9 km N | -8° | -18° | 33 mm |
| Grande PrairieAlberta | 11 km S | -8° | -18° | 34 mm |
| WedgewoodAlberta | 16 km S | -7° | -17° | 34 mm |
| WembleyAlberta | 26 km WSW | -7° | -16° | 32 mm |
| BeaverlodgeAlberta | 42 km W | -7° | -16° | 28 mm |
| HytheAlberta | 49 km W | -7° | -16° | 26 mm |
| RycroftAlberta | 54 km N | -7° | -18° | 32 mm |