Ferndown weather in January

In January, Ferndown sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 71 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ferndown's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ferndown's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
71 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:11 AM – 4:23 PM
Cloud cover
73%
12th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.3
out of 10

Ferndown is town in Dorset, England, UK.

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 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ferndown reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 9 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
9
wind chill below the day's low

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

Ferndown weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7112.30.38.21.3
Feb / 539.80.59.71.4
Mar10° / 499.60.411.52.2
Apr12° / 5310.10.113.53.3
May15° / 519.7015.24.6
Jun18° / 12°519.7016.25.7
Jul20° / 14°479.3015.86.3
Aug20° / 14°639.4014.36.3
Sep18° / 12°549012.45.8
Oct15° / 10°8211.9010.44.1
Nov11° / 8412.208.72.6
Dec / 7811.80.27.81.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
33268
43268
53268
63367
73268
83268
93268
103367
113268
123268
133367
143268
153268
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312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ferndown gets around 71 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1401
2401
3401
4411
5411
6421
7421
8421
9431
10431
11431
12431
13431
14431
15431
16421
17421
18411
19401
20391
21391
22381
23371
24361
25351
26351
27341
28341
29342
30342
31342

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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28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 21 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
321breezy
421breezy
521breezy
621breezy
721breezy
821breezy
921breezy
1021breezy
1121breezy
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2620light breeze
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3020light breeze
3120light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 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 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:17 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 4:05 PM to 4:46 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:174:05
27.88:174:06
37.88:174:07
47.88:174:08
57.98:164:09
67.98:164:10
77.98:164:11
87.98:164:12
98.08:154:13
108.08:154:15
118.08:144:16
128.18:144:17
138.18:134:18
148.18:134:20
158.28:124:21
168.28:114:23
178.28:104:24
188.38:104:26
198.38:094:27
208.38:084:29
218.48:074:30
228.48:064:32
238.58:054:33
248.58:044:35
258.68:034:36
268.68:024:38
278.78:014:40
288.77:594:41
298.77:584:43
308.87:574:45
318.87:554:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ferndown?

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

1.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ferndown.

What to pack for Ferndown in January

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

In January, Ferndown sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Ferndown in January

The nearest coast averages about 9°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 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov13Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Ferndown 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 Ferndown peaks around August 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ferndown?

Ferndown sits at 50.8°N, 1.9°W, 23 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Wimborne Minster, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Ferndown

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ferndown has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m.

The land around Ferndown is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (31%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and water (33%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
174 m
80 km
313 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Wimborne Minster 6.0 km · Bournemouth 10 km · Christchurch 12 km · Poole 12 km · New Milton 17 km · Salisbury 30 km · Totton 31 km · Romsey 35 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 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 Ferndown (50.8074°, -1.8998°, elevation 23 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).