This month’s used-vehicle sales will likely beat year-ago figures by 1 percent, as the Northeast snowstorm in the latter part of January had little impact on the pre-owned car market, according to CNW Research.

The firm is predicting that January will close with more than 2.36 million used sales industry-wide, ahead of the 2.34 million used cars sold in the same month of 2014.

The weather in the Northeast slightly softened used sales, “but only because many outlets shut down their businesses on weather forecasts,” CNW president Art Spinella said in the company’s latest Retail Automotive Summary.

“But the losses were minimal,” he added.

Meanwhile, TrueCar forecasted earlier this week that January would see 2.92 million used-car sales, a 5.8-percent increase from a year ago.

Breaking it down by seller type, CNW forecasts that franchised dealers will sell 864,635 used vehicles for the month, a 1.6-percent increase over January 2014.

Independents are likely to move 819,903 used units, a 0.5-percent year-over-year decline.

CNW predicts 677,034 private-party sales, a 2.1-percent hike.