Average Precipitation for the United Kingdom in January

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during January at cities and towns in the United Kingdom.

Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation. The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).

The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

In January, the entire UK averages 15 days of rain or snow, totalling 122 millimetres (4.8 inches).

Southern England

Average monthly precipitation in January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
13	Birmingham	2.8	72
13	Bristol	2.9	73
–	Dover	3.1	79
15	Isles of Scilly	3.7	93
10	London, Greenwich	1.7	44
12	London, Kew Gardens	2.4	60
12	Norwich	2.2	55
12	Nottingham	2.3	59
15	Plymouth	4.3	110
12	Southampton	3.5	89
13	Stoke-on-Trent	2.9	73
13	Weymouth	3.3	84
13	Worthing	3.2	80

Northern England

January averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
–	Ambleside, Windermere Lake	9.3	235
–	Berwick-upon-Tweed	1.8	46
16	Dumfries	4.8	122
12	Hull	2.1	54
14	Liverpool	2.7	69
15	Manchester	3.0	77
–	Middlesbrough	1.6	40
14	Newcastle upon Tyne	4.3	109
16	Prestwick	3.8	96
16	Rochester, Northumberland Park	4.0	100
13	Sheffield	3.0	76

Wales

Average amount of rain and snow in January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
16	Cardiff	5.0	127
17	Harlech	3.8	96
–	Llandrindod Wells	4.4	111
15	Rhyl	2.9	74
16	Swansea	4.0	102

Scotland

Precipitation totals for January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
13	Aberdeen	2.7	68
12	Dundee	2.7	69
12	Edinburgh	2.5	65
18	Glasgow	5.8	146
14	Inverness	3.0	76
20	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands	4.5	115
22	Lerwick, Shetland Islands	5.9	150
21	Stornoway, Outer Hebrides	5.7	145
21	Tiree, Inner Hebrides	5.4	137

Northern Ireland

Total precipitation during January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
14	Armagh	2.9	73
14	Belfast	3.5	89
19	Castlederg	4.9	124
17	Londonderry	3.3	84
15	Warrenpoint	4.1	104

Average January Precipitation in the United Kingdom

Southern England

Northern England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Reference

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