Russia · 1991–2020 normal
Zhigansk in
January.
Typical January weather in Zhigansk: -33.5°C by day, -40°C at night, 16 mm of rain over 5.8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-33.5°C
Typical low-40°C
Rain16 mm
Wet days5.8
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 80). Daylight is calculated as 3 h 57 from latitude 66.77°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 66.8° the calculated mid-month daylight is 3 h 57. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -40°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -40°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2012530
- NOAA station
- RSM00024343 · ZHIGANSK
- Station distance
- 1 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.