United Kingdom · 1991–2020 normal
Scalloway in
January.
Typical January weather in Scalloway: 6.2°C by day, 2.1°C at night, 151 mm of rain over 23 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high6.2°C
Typical low2.1°C
Rain151 mm
Wet days23
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 46). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 37 from latitude 60.14°. Open-water sea temperature is 8.0°C (6 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 60.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 37. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are 2.1°C.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2638439
- NOAA station
- UK000003005 · LERWICK
- Station distance
- 5.2 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.