Swift Current Weather in January
Swift Current in January
The short of it: Swift Current in January averages a high of -6 °C (21 °F) and a low of -16 °C (3 °F), with 17 mm (0.67 in) of rain and about 8 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -6° · low -16° · rain 17 mm · daylight 8 h 29 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: September & July
Thirty years of records give Swift Current an average January high of -6°, a low of -16° and some 17 mm of rain. Swift Current's coldest stretch of the year, -6° by day and -16° by night. Rain is modest, about 17 mm, the 10th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 29 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 September and July.
Against its neighbours, Swift Current runs cooler than most and drier than most in January. Herbert, 45 km to the ENE, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Swift Current, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HerbertSaskatchewan | 45 km ENE | -7° | -17° | 17 mm |
| Gull LakeSaskatchewan | 53 km WSW | -5° | -16° | 17 mm |
| ShaunavonSaskatchewan | 83 km SSW | -6° | -16° | 18 mm |
| GravelbourgSaskatchewan | 100 km ESE | -6° | -16° | 20 mm |
| EastendSaskatchewan | 112 km SW | -5° | -16° | 20 mm |
| EstonSaskatchewan | 117 km NW | -8° | -17° | 14 mm |
| Maple CreekSaskatchewan | 127 km WSW | -4° | -15° | 17 mm |
| RosetownSaskatchewan | 142 km N | -9° | -19° | 15 mm |