Oxbow Weather in January
Oxbow in January
The short of it: Oxbow in January averages a high of -9 °C (16 °F) and a low of -19 °C (-3 °F), with 18 mm (0.71 in) of rain and about 8 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -9° · low -19° · rain 18 mm · daylight 8 h 38 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Oxbow an average January high of -9°, a low of -19° and some 18 mm of rain. Oxbow's coldest stretch of the year, -9° by day and -19° by night. Rain is modest, about 18 mm, the 10th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 38 min in mid-January, 25 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 September and August.
Against its neighbours, Oxbow runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. Carnduff, 28 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Oxbow, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 3° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarnduffSaskatchewan | 28 km ESE | -10° | -20° | 22 mm |
| CarlyleSaskatchewan | 45 km N | -10° | -20° | 18 mm |
| EstevanSaskatchewan | 60 km W | -8° | -19° | 15 mm |
| KenmareNorth Dakota | 62 km S | -8° | -19° | 14 mm |
| MohallNorth Dakota | 71 km SE | -9° | -19° | 12 mm |
| MelitaManitoba | 85 km E | -10° | -20° | 16 mm |
| CrosbyNorth Dakota | 89 km WSW | -7° | -18° | 11 mm |
| KiplingSaskatchewan | 102 km NNW | -10° | -20° | 19 mm |