Terrace weather in January

In January, Terrace sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 234 mm of precipitation across 19.6 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -3°C in the first days to -1°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Terrace's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Terrace's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
1st coldest
Precipitation
234 mm
19.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:56 AM – 4:31 PM
Cloud cover
79%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Terrace is city on the Skeena River in North West British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1927

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -3°C in the first days to -1°C by the end.

A typical January day in Terrace reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -11°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-3-8
2-3-8
3-3-8
4-3-8
5-3-8
6-3-8
7-3-8
8-3-8
9-3-8
10-3-8
11-3-7
12-2-7
13-2-7
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20-2-6
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31-1-6

How January really feels in Terrace

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
13 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Terrace 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-2° / -7°23419.6207.60.0
Feb / -6°15214.8159.30.0
Mar / -4°15518.217.711.50.0
Apr / -1°11815.211.213.70.6
May11° / 9514.43.515.72.5
Jun15° / 10416.60.116.93.6
Jul17° / 9415016.44.7
Aug17° / 11414.7014.74.7
Sep13° / 17317.50.512.52.8
Oct / 25620.910.110.20.6
Nov / -4°26021.119.38.20.0
Dec-2° / -6°23519.820.37.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32278
42278
52278
62278
72278
82179
92179
102179
112080
122080
132080
141981
151981
161981
171981
181882
191882
201882
211882
221882
231882
241981
252080
262080
272080
282179
292278
302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Terrace gets around 234 mm of rain and snow over 19.6 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 62% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days, and about 20 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
16063
26063
36063
46063
56163
66163
76163
86163
96263
106263
116263
126263
136263
146263
156262
166262
176262
186262
196362
206363
216363
226463
236464
246464
256464
266464
276464
286464
296364
306363
316263

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
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
25calm
35calm
45calm
55calm
65calm
75calm
85calm
95calm
105calm
115calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
165calm
175calm
185calm
195calm
205calm
215calm
225calm
235calm
245calm
255calm
265calm
275calm
285calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:05 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 4:11 PM to 4:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.19:054:11
27.19:044:12
37.19:044:13
47.29:044:14
57.29:044:15
67.29:034:16
77.29:034:18
87.39:024:19
97.39:024:20
107.39:014:22
117.49:004:23
127.49:004:25
137.58:594:26
147.58:584:28
157.58:574:29
167.68:564:31
177.68:554:33
187.78:544:34
197.78:534:36
207.88:524:38
217.88:514:40
227.98:504:41
237.98:494:43
248.08:474:45
258.08:464:47
268.18:444:49
278.18:434:51
288.28:424:53
298.28:404:55
308.38:384:57
318.48:374:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.5Dim
20.5Dim
30.5Dim
40.5Dim
50.6Dim
60.6Dim
70.6Dim
80.6Dim
90.6Dim
100.6Dim
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300.9Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Terrace?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Terrace.

What to pack for Terrace in January

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

In January, Terrace sees daytime highs around -2°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear. About 20 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Terrace 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 Terrace peaks around July 11 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 11UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Terrace in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Terrace is worst in October — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 18.0× the cleanest month (January, 1 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Terrace's WHO annual average of 6 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1716 µg/m³Jan 131 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan1Good
Feb3Good
Mar3Good
Apr5Good
May6Good
Jun6Good
Jul9Good
Aug6Good
Sep6Good
Oct18Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Terrace?

Terrace sits at 54.5°N, 128.6°W, 70 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Prince George, 386 km away.

Prince GeorgeFort St. JohnCampbell RiverJuneauCourtenayWhistlerTofinoGrande Prairie

Topography around Terrace

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Terrace has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,596 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,736 m.

The land around Terrace is covered by trees (60%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
376 m
16 km
1,596 m
80 km
2,736 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Prince George 386 km · Fort St. John 526 km · Campbell River 550 km · Juneau 552 km · Courtenay 591 km · Whistler 621 km · Tofino 624 km · Grande Prairie 631 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 Terrace (54.5163°, -128.6035°, elevation 70 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).