The average High of -2.2°C was the 20th warmest on record, in the same range as 2023, 2021, 2019 & 2014.
The average Low of -10.3°C was the 8th warmest, just ahead of 2023 & 2021.
Our modern January temperatures have nothing in common with a century ago, or even with the 1970s.
Average Highs are up by 8°C and Lows are up by 10°C.
Even a "cold" modern January like 2024 is well above the historic average.
December & February haven't changed nearly as much.
High Temperatures
January had a lot of warm days near the top of our usual range, but it started cool, got cool briefly in the middle, and then again at the end.
High Temperatures
Overall 21 Highs were above freezing, with 2 as the warmest in 30 years. 10 were below average.
January averages 12 above-freezing Highs, and 2025 was up at 18.
That's the most since 2001's 25, although 2022 & 2021 got to 17.
We had 6 Highs get to 5°C, when the average is around 4.
The coldest High was -19.3°C on the 19th, while January averages 2 -20°C Highs.
Low Temperatures
January had 10 below-average Lows, and 21 above-average.
Low Temperatures
That included 2 record new record-warmest Lows on the 10th and the 27th.
January had 5 Lows below -20°C, when the average is around 8.
It had 2 -25°C Lows when the average is around 4.
The coldest was -27.6°C, while January 2024 got all the way down to -37.7°C.
It also had 3 rare, above-freezing Lows, which ties 2015 & 2014.
Cold Days So Far
By the end of January we average around 15 -20°C Lows, and so far this winter we're at 6 (with more to come in February).
Cold Days So Far
And we've had 3 -25°C Lows compared to an average of around 8.
And no -30°C Lows (yet).
Historically our -30°C season stretched into March.
Recently we got to -30°C in March 2011, 2009 & 2003. But more typically they're late-December through early-February.
Our -20°C season stretches well into mid-March, and in 2020 we even got one on April 2nd.
Warm & Cold Months
2025 gives us another orange/warm January.
The average High of -2.2°C was -6.6°C warmer than the 20th century average. The average Low of -10.3°C was 7.9°C warmer.
Warm & Cold Months
The last January with a High colder than the 20th century average was 2004. The last below-average Low was 1998.
Across Canada
January was well above-average in the west, and pretty warm everywhere else, except for Toronto, Moncton & Halifax.
Across Canada
Dawson was at the top with a High 10.2°C above their 20th century average, followed by Edmonton's 6.6°C.
For Lows, Edmonton's 7.9°C above average was the top.
Snow
In January we average 20cm of snowfall, and 10 days with snow.
Snow
2025 was a little above average with 22.9cm over 12 days.
By this point of the winter we average 66cm of snowfall, and this winter we're really close with 64.1cm.
Across the country Charlottetown is way up at 278cm, well above 2nd place Moncton's 145cm.
At the end of January we average around 20cm of snowdepth.
As usual, Elk Island is at the top with 42cm, while the rest are around 30cm.
The long stretch of warm temperatures didn't drop the snowdepth very much, and then the late-January snowfalls pushed it back up.
We've still got plenty of snow season left, because we usually don't get down to zero snow until late March.
Last winter in 2024 the snow didn't really start until January, and 2019 & 2018 saw big jumps later in the winter.
Across the country Charlottetown has recently jumped to the top with 76cm, while Dawson City has been consistent and is at 57cm.
January Rain
January rain always feels weird, but it's really not that unusual.
January Rain
January 2025 actually had 3 rainy days at the airport for a total of 3.4mm.
January 2024 didn't have any rain, but 2022 had 2 days, 2021 had 2 days, and 2019 had 3.
February
Our February temperatures are often a lot like January, with 10~15 Highs above 0°C, and 5 Lows below -20°C.
But recently February 2021 & 2019 both had huge deepfreezes.
On average February is the least snowy main winter month, with about 14cm.
February
