Faroe Islands · 1991–2020 normal

Saltangará in
January.

Typical January weather in Saltangará: 6.4°C by day, 2°C at night, 185 mm of rain over 23.6 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high6.4°C
Typical low2°C
Rain185 mm
Wet days23.6

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 35). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 02 from latitude 62.12°. Open-water sea temperature is 7.0°C (5 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in January

At 62.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 02. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are 2°C.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 2614304
NOAA station
DAM00006011 · TORSHAVN
Station distance
11.1 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.