United States · 1991–2020 normal
Palmer in
January.
Typical January weather in Palmer: -5.2°C by day, -12.9°C at night, 18 mm of rain over 3.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-5.2°C
Typical low-12.9°C
Rain18 mm
Wet days3.7
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 73). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 12 from latitude 61.60°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 61.6° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 12. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -12.9°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -12.9°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5871146
- NOAA station
- USW00025331 · PALMER AP
- Station distance
- 1.3 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 22 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.