Iceland · 1991–2020 normal
Hvolsvöllur in
January.
Typical January weather in Hvolsvöllur: 3.2°C by day, -1.7°C at night, 106 mm of rain over 18.5 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high3.2°C
Typical low-1.7°C
Rain106 mm
Wet days18.5
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 45). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 27 from latitude 63.75°. Open-water sea temperature is 6.6°C (16 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 63.8° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 27. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -1.7°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -1.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3415720
- NOAA station
- IC000004030 · REYKJAVIK
- Station distance
- 92 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.