Russia · 1991–2020 normal

Tiksi in
January.

Typical January weather in Tiksi: -25.9°C by day, -33.1°C at night, 27 mm of rain over 5.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-25.9°C
Typical low-33.1°C
Rain27 mm
Wet days5.7

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 38). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 71.69°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.3°C (19 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in January

At 71.7° 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 -33.1°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -33.1°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 2015306
NOAA station
RSM00021824 · TIKSI
Station distance
12.5 km from the place centre
Coverage
Strong coverage · 30 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.