Is Haugen hot in January?
Days are typically cold at -7.7°C, while nights average -14.2°C.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 1991–2020 normal
Typical January weather in Haugen: -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.
In the year-round weather comparison, January scores 5 out of 100 (July leads the year at 32). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 78.21°.
January at a glance
Plain answers from the measured climate record—not a forecast or a promise about a particular trip.
Days are typically cold at -7.7°C, while nights average -14.2°C.
The measured monthly average is 21 mm across about 7 wet days.
There are about none between sunrise and sunset at mid-month, calculated from the place latitude.
January ranks 4 of 12 in our weather comparison; July ranks first.
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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
The measured night-time normal is -14.2°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
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