January Weather at Lucy Island, B. C. Canada

Daily high temperatures are around 43°F, rarely falling below 34°F or exceeding 50°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 35°F, rarely falling below 24°F or exceeding 43°F.

For reference, on August 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Lucy Island, B. C. typically range from 54°F to 61°F, while on December 31, the coldest day of the year, they range from 35°F to 42°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on January. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Portree, United Kingdom (4,120 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Lucy Island, B. C. (view comparison).

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The month of January at Lucy Island, B. C. experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 77% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 78% on January 21.

The clearest day of the month is January 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 25% of the time.

For reference, on January 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 78%, while on July 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 47%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Lucy Island, B. C., the chance of a wet day over the course of January is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 62% and ending it at 58%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 71% on October 31, and its lowest chance is 33% on July 29.

Over the course of January at Lucy Island, B. C., the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 55% to 52%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 5% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 1% throughout.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during January at Lucy Island, B. C. is decreasing, starting the month at 8.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.6 inches or falls below 4.3 inches, and ending the month at 7.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.2 inches or falls below 4.2 inches.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during January at Lucy Island, B. C. is gradually increasing, starting the month at 2.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.5 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 3.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.1 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 2.7 inches on January 17.

Over the course of January at Lucy Island, B. C., the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 21 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 43 seconds, and weekly increase of 18 minutes, 59 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 7 hours, 26 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 8 hours, 47 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Lucy Island, B. C. is 9:03 AM on January 1 and the earliest sunrise is 31 minutes earlier at 8:32 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 4:29 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 51 minutes later at 5:19 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Lucy Island, B. C. during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:07 AM and sets 17 hours, 13 minutes later, at 10:20 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:01 AM and sets 7 hours, 19 minutes later, at 4:20 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for January 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Lucy Island, B. C. is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Lucy Island, B. C. is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 13.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on December 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.9 miles per hour, while on July 28, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.2 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Lucy Island, B. C. throughout January is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 43% on January 10.

Lucy Island, B. C. is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature at Lucy Island, B. C. is essentially constant during January, remaining around 44°F throughout.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Lucy Island, B. C. typically lasts for 8.3 months (253 days), from around March 18 to around November 26, rarely starting before February 17 or after April 20, and rarely ending before October 24 or after December 29.

The month of January at Lucy Island, B. C. is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of 2% on January 15.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Lucy Island, B. C. are essentially constant during January, remaining around 0°F throughout.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Lucy Island, B. C. is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 0.6 kWh throughout.