Yorkton weather in January

In January, Yorkton sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 16 mm of precipitation across 5 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Yorkton's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yorkton's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
16 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:55 AM – 5:03 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Yorkton is city in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Density
634/km²
people per km²
Founded
1894

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 -11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yorkton reaches about -11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -23°C and -1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-11-20
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How January really feels in Yorkton

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.

Yorkton weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -20°1655.98.20.0
Feb-9° / -18°123.449.60.0
Mar-2° / -12°215.4511.50.0
Apr / -3°3573.513.51.9
May17° / 588.91.115.35.3
Jun21° / 10°9912.3016.36.0
Jul23° / 12°7410.6015.96.9
Aug23° / 11°698.6014.47.2
Sep18° / 476.80.312.45.9
Oct / -1°346.42.510.41.9
Nov-2° / -9°235.25.28.70.0
Dec-9° / -17°185.15.87.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23169
33268
43268
53268
63169
73169
83169
93169
103169
113169
123169
133169
143268
153169
163169
173169
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312971

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Yorkton gets around 16 mm of rain and snow over 5 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 16% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
11618
21618
31618
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51719
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311316

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 (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:01 AM to 8:39 AM, and sunset from 4:45 PM to 5:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.79:014:45
27.79:014:46
37.89:014:47
47.89:014:48
57.89:014:49
67.89:004:50
77.89:004:51
87.99:004:52
97.98:594:54
107.98:594:55
118.08:584:56
128.08:584:57
138.08:574:59
148.18:575:00
158.18:565:02
168.18:555:03
178.28:555:05
188.28:545:06
198.28:535:08
208.38:525:09
218.38:515:11
228.48:505:12
238.48:495:14
248.58:485:15
258.58:475:17
268.68:465:19
278.68:445:20
288.68:435:22
298.78:425:24
308.78:415:25
318.88:395:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.28 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.0Dim
31.1Dim
41.1Dim
51.1Dim
61.1Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.2Dim
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131.2Dim
141.2Dim
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161.3Dim
171.3Dim
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251.5Dim
261.5Dim
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281.6Dim
291.6Dim
301.7Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Yorkton

In seasonPeak

None of Yorkton's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Yorkton's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Yorkton?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yorkton.

What to pack for Yorkton in January

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

In January, Yorkton sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Yorkton 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 Yorkton peaks around June 19 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJun 19UV 7Dec 15UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul6High
Aug2Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Yorkton 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 Yorkton is worst in August — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.7× the cleanest month (January, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 918 µg/m³Jan 105 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb6Good
Mar12Good
Apr11Good
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul18Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct6Good
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yorkton?

Yorkton sits at 51.2°N, 102.5°W, 498 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Dewdney East, 169 km away.

Topography around Yorkton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yorkton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 507 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 295 m.

The land around Yorkton is covered by grassland (36%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
52 m
80 km
295 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Dewdney East 169 km · Arcola East 169 km · Regina 173 km · Moose Jaw 234 km · Brandon 234 km · Lakewood 301 km · University Heights 302 km · Stonebridge 302 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 Yorkton (51.2167°, -102.4677°, elevation 498 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).