Greenland · 1991–2020 normal
Aasiaat in
January.
Typical January weather in Aasiaat: -8.7°C by day, -15.1°C at night, 31 mm of rain over 11.3 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-8.7°C
Typical low-15.1°C
Rain31 mm
Wet days11.3
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 33). Daylight is calculated as 2 h 14 from latitude 68.71°. Open-water sea temperature is -0.5°C (9 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 68.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 2 h 14. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -15.1°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -15.1°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3424901
- NOAA station
- GLM00004220 · AASIAAT (EGEDESMINDE)
- Station distance
- 1.1 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.