Greenland · 1991–2020 normal
Nuuk in
January.
Typical January weather in Nuuk: -5.1°C by day, -9.5°C at night, 120 mm of rain over 13.6 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-5.1°C
Typical low-9.5°C
Rain120 mm
Wet days13.6
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 27). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 17 from latitude 64.18°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.0°C (8 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 64.2° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 17. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -9.5°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -9.5°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3421319
- NOAA station
- GL000004250 · NUUK
- Station distance
- 2.3 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 28 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.