Quispamsis weather in January

In January, Quispamsis sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -12°C, with 102 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 8.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Quispamsis's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quispamsis's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-12°
1st coldest
Precipitation
102 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
8:06 AM – 5:00 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Quispamsis is town in New Brunswick, Canada.

Founded
1966

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Quispamsis reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -12°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Quispamsis

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.

Quispamsis weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -12°10211.28.98.90.0
Feb-2° / -11°87108.510.10.0
Mar / -6°10111.27.411.60.0
Apr / 9011.8413.21.5
May15° / 9212.10.314.74.0
Jun19° / 11°9711.5015.45.8
Jul23° / 15°8711.3015.16.4
Aug22° / 14°789.6013.96.7
Sep19° / 11°969.6012.36.0
Oct12° / 11510.60.310.73.3
Nov / -0°11111.23.29.30.7
Dec / -7°12012.57.38.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
44357
54357
64357
74357
84357
94258
104159
114159
124258
134258
144357
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314654

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Quispamsis gets around 102 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13930
23930
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53830
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73830
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113830
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303529
313529

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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Dry (%)
1100
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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:10 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 4:44 PM to 5:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.68:104:44
28.68:104:45
38.68:104:46
48.68:104:47
58.68:104:48
68.78:094:49
78.78:094:50
88.78:094:51
98.78:094:52
108.78:094:53
118.88:084:54
128.88:084:55
138.88:084:56
148.88:074:57
158.98:074:59
168.98:065:00
178.98:065:01
189.08:055:02
199.08:055:04
209.08:045:05
219.08:035:06
229.18:035:07
239.18:025:09
249.18:015:10
259.28:005:11
269.27:595:13
279.37:595:14
289.37:585:15
299.37:575:17
309.47:565:18
319.47:555:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.4Dim
21.4Dim
31.4Dim
41.5Dim
51.5Dim
61.5Dim
71.5Dim
81.5Dim
91.5Dim
101.6Dim
111.6Dim
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241.9Dim
252.0Dim
262.0Dim
272.0Moderate
282.1Moderate
292.1Moderate
302.1Moderate
312.2Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Quispamsis?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Quispamsis.

What to pack for Quispamsis in January

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

In January, Quispamsis sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -12°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Quispamsis in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°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 33 km away) is warmest in August at about 14°C and coldest in March near 2°C.

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

0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Dec7Bracing

UV index in Quispamsis 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 Quispamsis peaks around July 11 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Quispamsis?

Quispamsis sits at 45.4°N, 66.0°W, 84 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Saint John, 19 km away.

Topography around Quispamsis

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quispamsis has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 60 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 449 m.

The land around Quispamsis is covered by trees (77%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
303 m
80 km
449 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Saint John 19 km · Saint John West 21 km · Fredericton 80 km · Fredericton Northside 82 km · Riverview 113 km · Lutes Mountain 114 km · Moncton 117 km · Dieppe 122 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 Quispamsis (45.4213°, -65.9513°, elevation 84 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).