Russia · 1991–2020 normal
Dikson in
January.
Typical January weather in Dikson: -20.5°C by day, -27.4°C at night, 37 mm of rain over 9.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-20.5°C
Typical low-27.4°C
Rain37 mm
Wet days9.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 25). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 73.51°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.6°C (13 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 73.5° the calculated mid-month daylight is none. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -27.4°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -27.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 1507390
- NOAA station
- RSM00020674 · DIKSON
- Station distance
- 4.2 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 29 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.