Greenland · 1991–2020 normal
Qaqortoq in
January.
Typical January weather in Qaqortoq: -1.9°C by day, -7.7°C at night, 103 mm of rain over 10.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-1.9°C
Typical low-7.7°C
Rain103 mm
Wet days10.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 27). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 27 from latitude 60.72°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.3°C (12 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 60.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 27. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -7.7°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -7.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3420846
- NOAA station
- GLE00147301 · QAQORTOQ
- Station distance
- 0.8 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 27 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.