Russia · 1991–2020 normal

Poyakonda in
January.

Typical January weather in Poyakonda: -7.8°C by day, -15.9°C at night, 41 mm of rain over 11.1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-7.8°C
Typical low-15.9°C
Rain41 mm
Wet days11.1

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 64). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 04 from latitude 66.59°. Open-water sea temperature is -0.8°C (36 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in January

At 66.6° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 04. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -15.9°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -15.9°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 505795
NOAA station
RSM00022217 · KANDALAKSA
Station distance
65.1 km from the place centre
Coverage
Strong coverage · 29 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.