Iceland · 1991–2020 normal
Neskaupstaður in
January.
Typical January weather in Neskaupstaður: 4.1°C by day, -0.7°C at night, 176 mm of rain over 19 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high4.1°C
Typical low-0.7°C
Rain176 mm
Wet days19
Comfort score 5 this month (August leads the year at 17). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 51 from latitude 65.15°. Open-water sea temperature is 3.7°C (15 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 65.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 51. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -0.7°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -0.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2628020
- NOAA station
- IC000004097 · DALATANGI
- Station distance
- 14.3 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.