Roy weather in January

In January, Roy sees average daytime highs of 33°F and overnight lows near 17°F, with 2.3 in of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Roy's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Roy's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 2.3 in; 10 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 7:57 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 11th clearest
Wind: 3 mph; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Roy is city in Weber County, Utah, United States.

Density: 1,870/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1873

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°F through the month.

A typical January day in Roy reaches about 33°F in the afternoon and slips back to 17°F overnight — a 16°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°F and 42°F. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 5°F cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°F)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35
Avg low (°F)	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	32	16
5	32	16
6	32	16
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	33	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	17
13	33	17
14	33	17
15	33	17
16	33	17
17	33	17
18	33	17
19	33	17
20	33	18
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	34	18
24	34	18
25	34	18
26	34	18
27	34	18
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

How January really feels in Roy

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

31 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

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

Roy weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 17°	2.3	10	9.6	9.4	0.0
Feb	38° / 21°	1.9	9.1	7.1	10.4	0.0
Mar	47° / 28°	2.0	9.4	5.6	11.7	1.6
Apr	56° / 35°	2.5	11.3	3.8	13.1	3.6
May	66° / 44°	2.3	9.1	0.5	14.3	6.3
Jun	77° / 52°	1.1	4	0.1	14.9	8.0
Jul	86° / 60°	0.4	2.3	0	14.7	6.3
Aug	85° / 59°	0.4	2.7	0	13.6	6.8
Sep	74° / 50°	1.2	4.6	0.1	12.3	8.1
Oct	60° / 38°	1.8	6.8	1.2	10.9	5.4
Nov	45° / 27°	1.8	8.2	5.1	9.7	1.2
Dec	34° / 17°	2.2	9.1	8.7	9.1	0.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 54%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	45	45	45	45	46	45	46	46	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	48	48	48	47	46	46
Cloudier (%)	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	55	55	55	55	54	55	54	54	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	52	52	52	53	54	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	46	54
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Roy gets around 2.3 in of rain and snow over 10 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 32% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Snow chance (%)	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	26

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	31
2	31	31
3	31	32
4	32	32
5	32	32
6	33	32
7	33	32
8	33	32
9	33	32
10	33	32
11	33	32
12	33	32
13	33	32
14	33	31
15	33	31
16	33	31
17	33	31
18	32	31
19	32	30
20	32	30
21	32	30
22	32	30
23	32	30
24	31	29
25	31	29
26	31	29
27	31	28
28	31	28
29	31	27
30	31	27
31	31	26

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 3 mph in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 3 mph on the calmest days to 3 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (mph)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
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10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
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25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:59 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 5:04 PM to 5:35 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:48
Sunset (PM)	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	7:59	5:04
2	9.1	7:59	5:04
3	9.1	7:59	5:05
4	9.1	7:59	5:06
5	9.1	7:59	5:07
6	9.1	7:59	5:08
7	9.2	7:59	5:09
8	9.2	7:59	5:10
9	9.2	7:59	5:11
10	9.2	7:59	5:12
11	9.2	7:59	5:13
12	9.3	7:58	5:14
13	9.3	7:58	5:15
14	9.3	7:58	5:16
15	9.3	7:57	5:17
16	9.3	7:57	5:18
17	9.4	7:57	5:19
18	9.4	7:56	5:20
19	9.4	7:56	5:21
20	9.4	7:55	5:22
21	9.5	7:55	5:23
22	9.5	7:54	5:24
23	9.5	7:54	5:25
24	9.6	7:53	5:27
25	9.6	7:52	5:28
26	9.6	7:52	5:29
27	9.7	7:51	5:30
28	9.7	7:50	5:31
29	9.7	7:49	5:33
30	9.8	7:49	5:34
31	9.8	7:48	5:35

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.06 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.37 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Roy?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Roy.

What to pack for Roy in January

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

In January, Roy sees daytime highs around 33°F and nights near 17°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Roy in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Roy peaks around June 23 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	5	7	10	10	9	7	5	2	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Roy?

Roy sits at 41.2°N, 112.0°W, 4,541 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Clinton, 1.9 mi away.

Topography around Roy

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Roy.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Roy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 ft around an average of 4,482 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,292 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,152 ft.

The land around Roy is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and grassland (31%) within 2 miles, grassland (30%), artificial surfaces (22%) and trees (21%) within 10 miles, and grassland (40%) and trees (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

463 ft

artificial surfaces 47%

10 miles

5,292 ft

grassland 30%

50 miles

7,152 ft

grassland 40%

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← December Roy year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Clinton 1.9 mi · Clearfield 3.7 mi · South Ogden 3.7 mi · Ogden 5.0 mi · Syracuse 5.6 mi · Layton 7.5 mi · Kaysville 9.9 mi · North Ogden 11 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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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 Roy (41.1616°, -112.0263°, elevation 4,541 ft), 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	32	16
5	32	16
6	32	16
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	33	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	17
13	33	17
14	33	17
15	33	17
16	33	17
17	33	17
18	33	17
19	33	17
20	33	18
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	34	18
24	34	18
25	34	18
26	34	18
27	34	18
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	31
2	31	31
3	31	32
4	32	32
5	32	32
6	33	32
7	33	32
8	33	32
9	33	32
10	33	32
11	33	32
12	33	32
13	33	32
14	33	31
15	33	31
16	33	31
17	33	31
18	32	31
19	32	30
20	32	30
21	32	30
22	32	30
23	32	30
24	31	29
25	31	29
26	31	29
27	31	28
28	31	28
29	31	27
30	31	27
31	31	26

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
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23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	32	16
5	32	16
6	32	16
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	33	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	17
13	33	17
14	33	17
15	33	17
16	33	17
17	33	17
18	33	17
19	33	17
20	33	18
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	34	18
24	34	18
25	34	18
26	34	18
27	34	18
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	31
2	31	31
3	31	32
4	32	32
5	32	32
6	33	32
7	33	32
8	33	32
9	33	32
10	33	32
11	33	32
12	33	32
13	33	32
14	33	31
15	33	31
16	33	31
17	33	31
18	32	31
19	32	30
20	32	30
21	32	30
22	32	30
23	32	30
24	31	29
25	31	29
26	31	29
27	31	28
28	31	28
29	31	27
30	31	27
31	31	26

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
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17	100
18	100
19	100
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21	100
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30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	32	16
5	32	16
6	32	16
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	33	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	17
13	33	17
14	33	17
15	33	17
16	33	17
17	33	17
18	33	17
19	33	17
20	33	18
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	34	18
24	34	18
25	34	18
26	34	18
27	34	18
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	31
2	31	31
3	31	32
4	32	32
5	32	32
6	33	32
7	33	32
8	33	32
9	33	32
10	33	32
11	33	32
12	33	32
13	33	32
14	33	31
15	33	31
16	33	31
17	33	31
18	32	31
19	32	30
20	32	30
21	32	30
22	32	30
23	32	30
24	31	29
25	31	29
26	31	29
27	31	28
28	31	28
29	31	27
30	31	27
31	31	26

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100