Russia · 1991–2020 normal
Orotukan in
January.
Typical January weather in Orotukan: -32.7°C by day, -38.5°C at night, 25 mm of rain over 7.6 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-32.7°C
Typical low-38.5°C
Rain25 mm
Wet days7.6
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 81). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 59 from latitude 62.26°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 62.3° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 59. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -38.5°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -38.5°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2122414
- NOAA station
- RSM00025705 · SREDNEKAN
- Station distance
- 39.4 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.