Average Precipitation for Ontario in January

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during January at cities, towns and parks in Ontario. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Eastern, Central, Southwestern, Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.

Eastern Ontario

Average monthly precipitation in January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
15	Belleville	2.7	67
14	Cornwall	3.0	76
16	Kingston	2.6	65
16	Ottawa	2.5	63
17	Pembroke	1.9	48

Central Ontario

January averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
15	Barrie	3.2	83
11	Brantford	2.2	55
15	French River, Chaudiere Dam	3.0	75
15	Hamilton	2.2	57
16	Huntsville	3.7	93
19	Midland	4.0	103
19	Niagara Falls	2.5	64
14	Oshawa	2.6	66
13	Peterborough	2.2	55
16	St Catharines	2.6	65
15	Toronto	2.4	62

Southwestern Ontario

Average amount of rain and snow in January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Chatham-Kent	2.5	63
16	Guelph	2.0	52
19	London	2.9	74
21	Owen Sound	5.1	129
13	Point Pelee National Park	2.3	57
15	Sarnia	2.0	52
18	Waterloo	2.6	65
16	Windsor	2.4	62

Northeastern Ontario

Precipitation totals for January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
17	Chapleau	2.0	52
18	Gore Bay	1.8	45
18	Kapuskasing	1.9	48
15	Moosonee	1.3	33
19	North Bay	2.7	69
20	Sault Ste Marie	2.5	64
16	South Baymouth	3.1	78
18	Sudbury	2.4	62
17	Timmins	2.0	52
17	Wawa	2.2	56

Northwestern Ontario

Total precipitation during January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Atikokan	1.4	35
15	Big Trout Lake	0.9	22
13	Dryden	1.0	27
8	Fort Frances	1.4	35
13	Kenora	1.0	26
14	Red Lake	1.1	27
12	Thunder Bay	1.0	26