Russia · 1991–2020 normal

Umba in
January.

Typical January weather in Umba: -6.8°C by day, -13.4°C at night, 44 mm of rain over 11.4 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-6.8°C
Typical low-13.4°C
Rain44 mm
Wet days11.4

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 67). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 01 from latitude 66.69°. Open-water sea temperature is -0.7°C (7 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in January

At 66.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 01. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -13.4°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -13.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 479071
NOAA station
RSM00022324 · UMBA
Station distance
2 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.