Norway · 1991–2020 normal
Otta in
January.
Typical January weather in Otta: -4.9°C by day, -11.2°C at night, 53 mm of rain over 11.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-4.9°C
Typical low-11.2°C
Rain53 mm
Wet days11.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 44). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 09 from latitude 61.77°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 61.8° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 09. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -11.2°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -11.2°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3143120
- NOAA station
- NOE00134118 · VENABU
- Station distance
- 33 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.