Corner Brook weather in January

In January, Corner Brook sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -11°C, with 115 mm of precipitation across 18 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -4°C in the first days to -5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Corner Brook's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Corner Brook's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-11°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
115 mm
18 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:18 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
92%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Corner Brook is city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
130/km²
people per km²
Founded
1956

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about -4°C in the first days to -5°C by the end.

A typical January day in Corner Brook reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -11°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -11°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 4°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Corner Brook

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Corner Brook weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -11°1151820.68.50.0
Feb-5° / -12°10114.617.39.80.0
Mar-1° / -8°9613.913.911.60.0
Apr / -3°85138.913.40.2
May10° / 8413.12.9152.0
Jun15° / 8612.20.115.94.1
Jul19° / 11°10413.8015.65.4
Aug19° / 13°12114.6014.25.5
Sep16° / 120140.112.44.2
Oct10° / 12816.32.310.51.8
Nov / -0°12817.8118.90.1
Dec-1° / -6°12618.818.68.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Corner Brook gets around 115 mm of rain and snow over 18 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 58% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days, and about 21 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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26268
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:22 AM to 8:03 AM, and sunset from 4:28 PM to 5:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:224:28
28.18:224:29
38.18:224:30
48.18:224:31
58.28:224:32
68.28:224:33
78.28:224:34
88.28:214:35
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118.38:204:38
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.72 kWh/m² to a high of 5.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.04 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Corner Brook?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Corner Brook.

What to pack for Corner Brook in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Corner Brook sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -11°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear. About 18 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Corner Brook in January

The nearest coast averages about 1°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 36 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in March near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
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Jun8Bracing
Jul13Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep14Bracing
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UV index in Corner Brook in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Corner Brook peaks around June 17 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Corner Brook?

Corner Brook sits at 49.0°N, 58.0°W, 17 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Saint-Pierre, 275 km away.

Saint-PierreGlace BaySydneyConception Bay SouthParadiseMount PearlSt. John'sCharlottetown

Topography around Corner Brook

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Corner Brook.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Corner Brook has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 347 m around an average of 99 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 657 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 809 m.

The land around Corner Brook is covered by trees (47%) and water (27%) within 3 km, trees (67%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (44%), water (30%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
347 m
16 km
657 m
80 km
809 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Saint-Pierre 275 km · Glace Bay 341 km · Sydney 355 km · Conception Bay South 401 km · Paradise 407 km · Mount Pearl 415 km · St. John's 417 km · Charlottetown 491 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Corner Brook (48.95°, -57.952°, elevation 17 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).