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St. Petersburg Weather in January

In January, St. Petersburg averages a high of -3°C (26°F) and a low of -8°C (17°F), from 55 years of daily records (1971–2025).

-3°C
Average high
26°F
-8°C
Average low
17°F
9°C
Record high
48°F · January 10, 2007
-35°C
Record low
-30°F · January 10, 1987

What January Is Like in St. Petersburg

  • January in St. Petersburg has become 2.0°C (3.6°F) warmer on average: the 2011–2025 average against 1970–1989.
  • January 2025 was the 2nd warmest January in 55 years of records, 5.0°C (8.9°F) above the long-run average.
  • The coldest January reading, -35°C (-30°F) on January 10, 1987, has not been matched in 38 years.
  • January is St. Petersburg's coldest month of the year.

At least 1 mm of rain falls on 37% of January days, and the month averages 43 mm in total.

Average daytime high in St. Petersburg, every January since 1971
-14°C-5°C4°C19801990200020102020January 1971: -0.1°CJanuary 1972: -8.2°CJanuary 1973: -3.1°CJanuary 1974: -4.3°CJanuary 1975: 0.1°CJanuary 1976: -8.1°CJanuary 1977: -4.9°CJanuary 1978: -4.1°CJanuary 1979: -6.2°CJanuary 1980: -6.1°CJanuary 1981: -2.2°CJanuary 1982: -7.4°CJanuary 1983: -0.2°CJanuary 1984: -1.3°CJanuary 1985: -9.8°CJanuary 1986: -4.6°CJanuary 1987: -13.3°CJanuary 1988: -2.8°CJanuary 1989: 1.3°CJanuary 1990: -2.6°CJanuary 1991: -1.6°CJanuary 1992: -0.2°CJanuary 1993: -0.3°CJanuary 1994: -1.3°CJanuary 1995: -1.7°CJanuary 1996: -4.8°CJanuary 1997: -2.2°CJanuary 1998: -0.2°CJanuary 1999: -4.5°CJanuary 2000: -2.2°CJanuary 2001: -0.9°CJanuary 2002: -1.3°CJanuary 2003: -6.4°CJanuary 2004: -5.7°CJanuary 2005: 0.2°CJanuary 2006: -3.4°CJanuary 2007: -0.4°CJanuary 2008: -0.2°CJanuary 2009: -1.4°CJanuary 2010: -9.4°CJanuary 2011: -3.1°CJanuary 2012: -3.1°CJanuary 2013: -4.0°CJanuary 2014: -4.8°CJanuary 2015: -0.8°CJanuary 2016: -8.1°CJanuary 2017: -1.8°CJanuary 2018: -1.2°CJanuary 2019: -3.4°CJanuary 2020: 2.6°CJanuary 2021: -3.7°CJanuary 2022: -1.8°CJanuary 2023: -1.8°CJanuary 2024: -8.4°CJanuary 2025: 1.3°C
Warmest: 2020 (2.6°C)Latest: 2025 (1.3°C)10-year averageLong-run average (-3.2°C)

Look Up a Day in January

See the weather in St. Petersburg on any January date, year by year.

Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily, St. Petersburg (1971–2025); Petrokrepost (2019–2025). Averages cover 1971–2025. How we compute this

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