Sooke Weather in January
Sooke in January
The short of it: Sooke in January averages a high of 7 °C (44 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 215 mm (8.5 in) of rain and about 8 h 44 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 7° · low 1° · rain 215 mm · daylight 8 h 44 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Sooke an average January high of 7°, a low of 1° and some 215 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Sooke: highs scarcely reach 7°, nights fall to 1°. Wet spells are common — about 215 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 8 h 44 min in mid-January, 24 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, 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, Sooke runs about middling and wetter than most in January. Metchosin, 14 km to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Sooke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 33 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetchosinBritish Columbia | 14 km E | 6° | 2° | 161 mm |
| LangfordBritish Columbia | 19 km ENE | 6° | 1° | 168 mm |
| ColwoodBritish Columbia | 19 km ENE | 7° | 2° | 152 mm |
| View RoyalBritish Columbia | 22 km ENE | 7° | 2° | 137 mm |
| EsquimaltBritish Columbia | 24 km ENE | 7° | 3° | 128 mm |
| TillicumBritish Columbia | 26 km ENE | 7° | 3° | 128 mm |
| James BayBritish Columbia | 26 km E | 7° | 3° | 128 mm |
| Rural SaanichBritish Columbia | 26 km ENE | 7° | 2° | 144 mm |