Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 1991–2020 normal
Longyearbyen in
January.
Typical January weather in Longyearbyen: -7.7°C by day, -14.2°C at night, 21 mm of rain over 6.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-7.7°C
Typical low-14.2°C
Rain21 mm
Wet days6.7
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 32). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 78.22°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 78.2° the calculated mid-month daylight is none. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -14.2°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -14.2°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2729907
- NOAA station
- SV000001008 · SVALBARD AIRPORT
- Station distance
- 5 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 28 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.