Northallerton weather in January

In January, Northallerton sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 12.7 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 Northallerton's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Northallerton's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
59 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:27 AM – 4:03 PM
Cloud cover
75%
11th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.5
out of 10

Northallerton is town in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.

Density
1,305/km²
people per km²

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 6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Northallerton reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Northallerton

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
wind chill below the day's low

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

Northallerton weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5912.72.17.70.5
Feb / 5311.22.49.30.7
Mar / 4911.11.511.51.7
Apr12° / 5611.20.513.72.8
May14° / 5211.1015.74.0
Jun17° / 10°6711.9016.85.0
Jul19° / 12°6411.9016.45.7
Aug19° / 12°6911.7014.75.6
Sep16° / 589.9012.55.0
Oct13° / 6111.70.110.23.3
Nov / 6212.20.58.21.6
Dec / 6612.51.77.20.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
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42773
52773
62674
72674
82773
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Northallerton gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 12.7 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 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1438
2438
3438
4448
5448
6448
7448
8447
9447
10447
11447
12447
13447
14437
15437
16437
17427
18427
19417
20407
21407
22397
23397
24387
25387
26377
27377
28377
29367
30377
31377

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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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 18 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
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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 8:35 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 3:43 PM to 4:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.18:353:43
27.28:353:44
37.28:343:45
47.28:343:46
57.28:343:48
67.38:333:49
77.38:333:50
87.38:333:51
97.38:323:53
107.48:313:54
117.48:313:56
127.58:303:57
137.58:293:59
147.58:284:00
157.68:284:02
167.68:274:03
177.78:264:05
187.78:254:07
197.78:244:08
207.88:234:10
217.88:214:12
227.98:204:14
237.98:194:15
248.08:184:17
258.08:164:19
268.18:154:21
278.28:144:23
288.28:124:25
298.38:114:27
308.38:094:29
318.48:074:31

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 4.78 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.61 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Northallerton?

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

0.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Northallerton.

What to pack for Northallerton in January

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

In January, Northallerton sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Northallerton in January

The nearest coast averages about 7°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 37 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 7°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Jun12Bracing
Jul14Bracing
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UV index in Northallerton 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 Northallerton peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Northallerton?

Northallerton sits at 54.3°N, 1.4°W, 43 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Yarm, 19 km away.

Topography around Northallerton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Northallerton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 52 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 900 m.

The land around Northallerton is covered by cropland (44%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
394 m
80 km
900 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Yarm 19 km · Darlington 22 km · Thornaby-on-Tees 23 km · Ripon 23 km · Stockton-on-Tees 27 km · Billingham 29 km · Middlesbrough 29 km · Newton Aycliffe 32 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 Northallerton (54.339°, -1.4324°, elevation 43 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).