Russia · 1991–2020 normal
Lensk in
January.
Typical January weather in Lensk: -23.8°C by day, -32°C at night, 21 mm of rain over 8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-23.8°C
Typical low-32°C
Rain21 mm
Wet days8
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 81). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 27 from latitude 60.72°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 60.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 27. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -32°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -32°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2020838
- NOAA station
- RSM00024923 · LENSK
- Station distance
- 3 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.