Thornton-Cleveleys weather in January

In January, Thornton-Cleveleys sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 108 mm of precipitation across 17 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. 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 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Thornton-Cleveleys's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Thornton-Cleveleys's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
108 mm
17 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:31 AM – 4:12 PM
Cloud cover
73%
9th clearest
Wind
27 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
out of 10

Thornton-Cleveleys is local government district of Wyre, Lancashire, England, covering the towns of Thornton and Cleveleys.

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 7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Thornton-Cleveleys reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Thornton-Cleveleys

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.

Thornton-Cleveleys weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 108170.77.70.8
Feb / 8714.60.69.40.8
Mar / 8114.40.611.51.3
Apr10° / 7012.80.113.72.2
May13° / 7412.6015.73.4
Jun16° / 12°8613.5016.74.3
Jul17° / 14°9716.1016.34.8
Aug18° / 14°11716.8014.64.8
Sep16° / 13°11114.8012.54.3
Oct13° / 10°13717.3010.23.1
Nov10° / 13818.40.18.31.8
Dec / 13917.40.57.21.1

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 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Thornton-Cleveleys gets around 108 mm of rain and snow over 17 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 55% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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Wind in January

Winds average 27 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 26 km/h on the calmest days to 27 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 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 8:38 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 3:52 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:383:52
27.38:383:53
37.38:383:54
47.38:383:55
57.38:373:57
67.38:373:58
77.48:373:59
87.48:364:00
97.48:364:02
107.58:354:03
117.58:344:05
127.58:344:06
137.68:334:08
147.68:324:09
157.78:314:11
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177.78:304:14
187.88:294:15
197.88:284:17
207.98:274:19
217.98:254:21
228.08:244:22
238.08:234:24
248.18:224:26
258.18:204:28
268.28:194:30
278.28:184:31
288.38:164:33
298.38:154:35
308.48:134:37
318.58:124:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.67 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Thornton-Cleveleys?

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

0.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Thornton-Cleveleys.

What to pack for Thornton-Cleveleys in January

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

In January, Thornton-Cleveleys sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Thornton-Cleveleys 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 6°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
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Thornton-Cleveleys 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 Thornton-Cleveleys peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 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 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Thornton-Cleveleys?

Thornton-Cleveleys sits at 53.9°N, 3.0°W, 7 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Poulton-le-Fylde, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Thornton-Cleveleys

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Thornton-Cleveleys has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m.

The land around Thornton-Cleveleys is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), grassland (29%) and water (23%) within 3 km, water (56%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

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January weather nearby: Poulton-le-Fylde 5.0 km · Fleetwood 6.0 km · Blackpool 7.0 km · Fylde 8.0 km · Lytham St Annes 15 km · Heysham 21 km · Morecambe 24 km · Lancaster 24 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 Thornton-Cleveleys (53.8739°, -3.0224°, elevation 7 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).