Montreal · Canada

Montreal in January: every year compared

In January, Montreal averages highs of -6.5 °C and lows of -14.9 °C, with 74 mm of precipitation. The warmest January was 1990 (-4.4 °C), the coldest 1994 (-17.9 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high -6.5 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -14.9 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 74 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through January

Normal high and low for each day of January in Montreal.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every January in Montreal, ranked

86 months of January since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 35 of 86 (+0.4 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · -10.0 °C · +0.4 °C vs normal · rank 35 of 86

Warmest years

11990-4.4 °C
22002-5.3 °C
32006-5.9 °C
42017-5.9 °C
52023-5.9 °C

Coldest years

11994-17.9 °C
21970-16.5 °C
31982-16.4 °C
41981-15.9 °C
52004-15.6 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-10.0 °C	-6.5 °C	-13.4 °C	46 mm	31 days	29 cm	14 days
2024	-6.7 °C	-3.8 °C	-9.9 °C	86 mm	31 days	39 cm	12 days
2023	-5.9 °C	-3.2 °C	-9.2 °C	102 mm	31 days	61 cm	15 days
2022	-14.9 °C	-9.8 °C	-20.9 °C	44 mm	31 days	28 cm	9 days
2021	-8.2 °C	-5.6 °C	-11.2 °C	53 mm	31 days	39 cm	6 days
2020	-7.2 °C	-4.3 °C	-10.8 °C	103 mm	30 days	32 cm	11 days
2019	-11.8 °C	-8.2 °C	-16.3 °C	107 mm	31 days	55 cm	15 days
2018	-11.1 °C	-7.0 °C	-15.5 °C	113 mm	31 days	42 cm	14 days
2017	-5.9 °C	-3.2 °C	-9.1 °C	84 mm	29 days	46 cm	12 days
2016	-7.7 °C	-3.8 °C	-12.4 °C	45 mm	31 days	19 cm	9 days
2015	-12.7 °C	-7.8 °C	-18.8 °C	54 mm	31 days	28 cm	11 days
2014	-11.3 °C	-7.2 °C	-16.0 °C	53 mm	31 days	9 cm	6 days
2013	-9.6 °C	-5.3 °C	-15.0 °C	59 mm	28 days	19 cm	10 days
2012	-8.7 °C	-4.3 °C	-13.9 °C	92 mm	31 days	40 cm	10 days
2011	-10.4 °C	-7.6 °C	-13.8 °C	25 mm	30 days	15 cm	7 days
2010	-7.5 °C	-4.4 °C	-10.8 °C	50 mm	30 days	16 cm	5 days
2009	-14.4 °C	-10.2 °C	-18.8 °C	49 mm	31 days	38 cm	8 days
2008	-7.5 °C	-4.0 °C	-12.2 °C	73 mm	28 days	27 cm	10 days
2007	-8.6 °C	-4.6 °C	-12.7 °C	66 mm	28 days	20 cm	7 days
2006	-5.9 °C	-2.5 °C	-9.8 °C	122 mm	31 days	35 cm	14 days
2005	-12.2 °C	-7.7 °C	-17.2 °C	57 mm	31 days	25 cm	10 days
2004	-15.6 °C	-12.5 °C	-19.5 °C	28 mm	31 days	18 cm	9 days
2003	-13.9 °C	-10.0 °C	-18.8 °C	20 mm	31 days	17 cm	7 days
2002	-5.3 °C	-2.3 °C	-9.3 °C	38 mm	31 days	27 cm	12 days
2001	-10.3 °C	-6.4 °C	-15.3 °C	34 mm	31 days	28 cm	8 days
2000	-11.4 °C	-7.2 °C	-16.1 °C	83 mm	31 days	42 cm	9 days
1999	-11.3 °C	-7.1 °C	-15.9 °C	120 mm	31 days	64 cm	13 days
1998	-9.1 °C	-5.4 °C	-13.0 °C	151 mm	30 days	40 cm	15 days
1997	-11.4 °C	-7.0 °C	-16.6 °C	92 mm	31 days	42 cm	15 days
1996	-12.3 °C	-8.1 °C	-17.0 °C	80 mm	30 days	20 cm	9 days
1995	-7.1 °C	-3.8 °C	-10.9 °C	106 mm	30 days	33 cm	12 days
1994	-17.9 °C	-13.0 °C	-23.3 °C	73 mm	31 days	45 cm	9 days
1993	-10.2 °C	-6.5 °C	-14.7 °C	99 mm	31 days	29 cm	12 days
1992	-11.8 °C	-7.9 °C	-16.9 °C	71 mm	31 days	13 cm	11 days
1991	-11.2 °C	-6.9 °C	-16.5 °C	66 mm	31 days	36 cm	14 days
1990	-4.4 °C	-0.4 °C	-8.7 °C	86 mm	30 days	40 cm	17 days
1989	-8.0 °C	-3.0 °C	-13.8 °C	63 mm	31 days	32 cm	12 days
1988	-8.5 °C	-4.5 °C	-13.2 °C	29 mm	30 days	14 cm	8 days
1987	-10.6 °C	-6.8 °C	-15.3 °C	57 mm	31 days	42 cm	12 days
1986	-10.2 °C	-5.9 °C	-15.4 °C	93 mm	31 days	37 cm	12 days
1985	-14.4 °C	-9.9 °C	-18.9 °C	44 mm	31 days	31 cm	7 days
1984	-12.6 °C	-8.8 °C	-17.3 °C	30 mm	31 days	23 cm	10 days
1983	-8.7 °C	-4.7 °C	-13.1 °C	69 mm	31 days	25 cm	10 days
1982	-16.4 °C	-10.8 °C	-22.3 °C	80 mm	31 days	44 cm	8 days
1981	-15.9 °C	-11.3 °C	-21.2 °C	11 mm	31 days	13 cm	3 days
1980	-9.2 °C	-5.4 °C	-13.2 °C	28 mm	31 days	8 cm	6 days
1979	-10.2 °C	-7.3 °C	-14.2 °C	116 mm	29 days	54 cm	17 days
1978	-12.1 °C	-8.5 °C	-15.8 °C	151 mm	31 days	53 cm	13 days
1977	-13.6 °C	-10.4 °C	-16.8 °C	55 mm	31 days	39 cm	10 days
1976	-14.9 °C	-9.6 °C	-20.8 °C	91 mm	31 days	44 cm	14 days
1975	-8.8 °C	-4.7 °C	-13.8 °C	91 mm	29 days	51 cm	13 days
1974	-10.9 °C	-6.8 °C	-15.6 °C	82 mm	31 days	30 cm	14 days
1973	-8.7 °C	-4.7 °C	-13.6 °C	66 mm	29 days	21 cm	11 days
1972	-9.9 °C	-4.8 °C	-16.2 °C	48 mm	31 days	24 cm	10 days
1971	-14.4 °C	-10.2 °C	-19.3 °C	53 mm	31 days	26 cm	13 days
1970	-16.5 °C	-12.5 °C	-21.1 °C	28 mm	31 days	15 cm	10 days
1969	-9.7 °C	-6.1 °C	-14.1 °C	83 mm	30 days	21 cm	11 days
1968	-15.1 °C	-10.5 °C	-20.9 °C	56 mm	31 days	30 cm	12 days
1967	-6.9 °C	-2.9 °C	-11.6 °C	67 mm	31 days	32 cm	13 days
1966	-10.7 °C	-6.5 °C	-15.2 °C	60 mm	31 days	38 cm	9 days
1965	-12.6 °C	-7.8 °C	-18.1 °C	49 mm	31 days	25 cm	9 days
1964	-7.8 °C	-3.8 °C	-13.0 °C	69 mm	31 days	13 cm	11 days
1963	-10.9 °C	-7.3 °C	-14.5 °C	43 mm	31 days	29 cm	6 days
1962	-11.6 °C	-6.4 °C	-16.7 °C	73 mm	31 days	24 cm	13 days
1961	-14.9 °C	-10.6 °C	-19.0 °C	31 mm	31 days	19 cm	4 days
1960	-11.5 °C	-8.1 °C	-14.6 °C	52 mm	31 days	28 cm	13 days
1959	-11.4 °C	-7.6 °C	-15.1 °C	113 mm	31 days	59 cm	17 days
1958	-8.9 °C	-5.6 °C	-12.9 °C	100 mm	30 days	50 cm	12 days
1957	-14.8 °C	-10.1 °C	-19.9 °C	59 mm	29 days	24 cm	10 days
1956	-8.5 °C	-5.8 °C	-11.5 °C	59 mm	29 days	28 cm	11 days
1955	-12.5 °C	-9.7 °C	-15.7 °C	22 mm	31 days	15 cm	9 days
1954	-14.6 °C	-9.9 °C	-19.7 °C	78 mm	31 days	39 cm	16 days
1953	-7.9 °C	-3.9 °C	-12.3 °C	78 mm	31 days	27 cm	13 days
1952	-10.3 °C	-6.0 °C	-14.9 °C	74 mm	31 days	31 cm	12 days
1951	-9.9 °C	-6.3 °C	-14.2 °C	94 mm	30 days	34 cm	17 days
1950	-7.6 °C	-2.3 °C	-12.9 °C	120 mm	28 days	42 cm	19 days
1949	-7.8 °C	-3.1 °C	-12.7 °C	90 mm	30 days	35 cm	17 days
1948	-13.7 °C	-9.1 °C	-18.8 °C	30 mm	31 days	21 cm	6 days
1947	-9.2 °C	-4.6 °C	-14.6 °C	114 mm	31 days	31 cm	16 days
1946	-10.4 °C	-5.6 °C	-15.6 °C	75 mm	29 days	39 cm	14 days
1945	-14.8 °C	-11.5 °C	-18.4 °C	69 mm	31 days	30 cm	13 days
1944	-9.6 °C	-5.4 °C	-14.1 °C	52 mm	31 days	30 cm	8 days
1943	-14.2 °C	-10.6 °C	-18.2 °C	42 mm	31 days	21 cm	10 days
1942	-14.5 °C	-9.3 °C	-20.2 °C	58 mm	31 days	37 cm	12 days
1941	-13.6 °C	-10.0 °C	-17.5 °C	48 mm	31 days	31 cm	11 days
1940	-13.4 °C	-9.8 °C	-17.1 °C	42 mm	30 days	29 cm	7 days

January records

Hottest day

12.8 °C

January 19, 1996 estimate

Nearby station: 11.0 °C on January 12, 2018 measured

Coldest night

-37.5 °C

January 15, 1957 estimate

Nearby station: -36.1 °C on January 4, 1981 measured

Wettest day

42 mm

January 11, 2020 estimate

The weather on your birthday in Montreal

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Montreal in January?

Highs average -6.5 °C and lows -14.9 °C. A typical January brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 30 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Montreal in January?

About 74 mm falls in January, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest January was 1978 (151 mm), the driest 1981 (11 mm).

What was the warmest January in Montreal?

1990, with a mean temperature of -4.4 °C. The coldest was 1994 (-17.9 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 35 of 86.