United States · 1991–2020 normal
College in
January.
Typical January weather in College: -17.8°C by day, -26.3°C at night, 17 mm of rain over 4.4 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-17.8°C
Typical low-26.3°C
Rain17 mm
Wet days4.4
Comfort score 5 this month (June leads the year at 76). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 59 from latitude 64.86°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 64.9° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 59. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -26.3°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -26.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5859699
- NOAA station
- USS0047P03S · Fairbanks F.O.
- Station distance
- 0.8 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.