A cold and very snowy January
The couple of warm days in the first half of the month were more than offset by a very cold week at the end of the month. During those days, the temperature went above -10°C for only a few hours and during four of the days it went below -20°C. The overall temperature was more than one and half degrees below the average.
The total precipitation of 74.6 mm was just a little above the average of 69.8 mm. But the big story was of course the snowfall, the 89.0 cm was over twice the average of 43.7 cm and the fourth highest for any January.
Overall for the snowfall season we have had 206.5 cm compared to the average of 95.3 cm for this point in the season. This is the most snow we have had at the end of January in the history of weather records in the region, just ahead of the winter of 2008-09 by about 5 cm.
Summary for January 2026:
Maximum Temperature 11.4°C
Minimum Temperature -25.0°C
Average Daily High Temperature -4.3°C (Long term average -2.2°C)
Average Daily Low Temperature -11.8°C (Long term average -10.3°C)
Total Precipitation 74.6 mm (Long term average 69.8 mm)
(Long term averages based on 1998-2025 data from the Soulis Memorial Weather Station at the University of Waterloo)
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