Devizes Weather in January
Devizes in January
The short of it: Devizes in January averages a high of 8 °C (46 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 8 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low 2° · rain 70 mm · daylight 8 h 20 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
January in Devizes brings afternoons near 8° and nights around 2°, with about 70 mm of rain over the month. Devizes's coldest stretch of the year, 8° by day and 2° by night. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 8 h 20 min in mid-January, 27 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Devizes runs cooler than most and about as wet in January. Melksham, 10 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
January in Devizes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 11 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MelkshamEngland | 10 km WNW | 8° | 2° | 66 mm |
| ChippenhamEngland | 15 km NW | 8° | 2° | 65 mm |
| TrowbridgeEngland | 15 km WSW | 8° | 2° | 69 mm |
| BathEngland | 26 km W | 8° | 2° | 78 mm |
| FromeEngland | 27 km WSW | 8° | 2° | 77 mm |
| SwindonEngland | 27 km NNE | 8° | 2° | 63 mm |
| SalisburyEngland | 34 km SSE | 8° | 2° | 75 mm |
| KeynshamEngland | 36 km WNW | 8° | 3° | 79 mm |