Greenland · 1991–2020 normal
Sisimiut in
January.
Typical January weather in Sisimiut: -6.7°C by day, -12.5°C at night, 50 mm of rain over 9.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-6.7°C
Typical low-12.5°C
Rain50 mm
Wet days9.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 42). Daylight is calculated as 3 h 51 from latitude 66.94°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.0°C (8 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 66.9° the calculated mid-month daylight is 3 h 51. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -12.5°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -12.5°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3419842
- NOAA station
- GLE00147061 · MITT. SISIMIUT
- Station distance
- 2.2 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 18 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.