Iceland · 1991–2020 normal
Eskifjörður in
January.
Typical January weather in Eskifjörður: 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.
Comfort score 5 this month (August leads the year at 17). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 53 from latitude 65.07°. Open-water sea temperature is 4.2°C (29 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 65.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 53. 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 2632028
- NOAA station
- IC000004097 · DALATANGI
- Station distance
- 29.9 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.
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