United States · 1991–2020 normal
Butte in
January.
Typical January weather in Butte: -5.5°C by day, -12.6°C at night, 24 mm of rain over 4.1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-5.5°C
Typical low-12.6°C
Rain24 mm
Wet days4.1
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 78). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 13 from latitude 61.54°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 61.5° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 13. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -12.6°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -12.6°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5858289
- NOAA station
- USC00506870 · PALMER JOB CORPS
- Station distance
- 6.3 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 21 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.