January 2025 Summary

A cold and dry January, but with lots of snow

With the coldest days we have seen since February of 2022, it follows that January was below average by a little over one degree.  The temperature went below -20°C for three days in a row between the 20th and the 22nd, that hasn’t happened since January of 2022.  This is the first month that was in the below average range since August 2023.  

The total precipitation of 47.6 mm was much less than the average of 72.0 mm.  However, even though the overall precipitation was less than average, with the cold temperatures we still got 68.5 cm of snowfall in January, which is above the average of 43.7 cm for the month.  Overall for the snowfall season we have had 113.5 cm compared to the average of 95.3 cm for this point in the season.

Summary for January 2025:

Maximum Temperature 2.4°C
Minimum Temperature -22.1°C
Average Daily High Temperature -3.5°C (Long term average -2.2°C)
Average Daily Low Temperature -11.5°C (Long term average -10.2°C)
Total Precipitation 47.6 mm (Long term average 72.0 mm)

(Long term averages based on 1998-2024 data from the Soulis Memorial Weather Station at the University of Waterloo)