United States · 1991–2020 normal
Prudhoe Bay in
January.
Typical January weather in Prudhoe Bay: -22.3°C by day, -29.7°C at night, 7 mm of rain over 1.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-22.3°C
Typical low-29.7°C
Rain7 mm
Wet days1.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 39). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 70.26°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.7°C (13 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 70.3° the calculated mid-month daylight is none. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -29.7°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -29.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5872126
- NOAA station
- USS0048V01S · Prudhoe Bay
- Station distance
- 8.9 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 16 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.