Russia · 1991–2020 normal
Sortavala in
January.
Typical January weather in Sortavala: -4.3°C by day, -10.4°C at night, 49 mm of rain over 12.5 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-4.3°C
Typical low-10.4°C
Rain49 mm
Wet days12.5
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 79). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 10 from latitude 61.71°. Open-water sea temperature is 1.6°C (11 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 61.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 10. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -10.4°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -10.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 490466
- NOAA station
- RSM00022802 · SORTAVALA
- Station distance
- 0.6 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.