Dover Weather in January
Dover in January
The short of it: Dover in January averages a high of -2 °C (28 °F) and a low of -10 °C (14 °F), with 87 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 8 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -2° · low -10° · rain 87 mm · daylight 8 h 40 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Dover an average January high of -2°, a low of -10° and some 87 mm of rain. Dover's coldest stretch of the year, -2° by day and -10° by night. Wet spells are common — about 87 mm, the 7th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 40 min in mid-January, 25 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Dover runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Hare Bay, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Dover, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 3° colder, 18 mm less rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hare BayNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km WSW | -2° | -10° | 87 mm |
| Centreville-Wareham-TrinityNewfoundland and Labrador | 17 km NNE | -3° | -11° | 83 mm |
| GamboNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km WSW | -2° | -10° | 92 mm |
| GlovertownNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km SSW | -2° | -10° | 96 mm |
| New-Wes-ValleyNewfoundland and Labrador | 43 km NE | -5° | -14° | 87 mm |
| GanderNewfoundland and Labrador | 49 km WNW | -2° | -10° | 106 mm |
| MusgravetownNewfoundland and Labrador | 52 km S | -2° | -10° | 105 mm |
| BloomfieldNewfoundland and Labrador | 54 km S | -2° | -10° | 105 mm |