United States · 1991–2020 normal

Valdez in
January.

Typical January weather in Valdez: -2.2°C by day, -7.3°C at night, 167 mm of rain over 13.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-2.2°C
Typical low-7.3°C
Rain167 mm
Wet days13.7

Comfort score 5 this month (June leads the year at 53). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 20 from latitude 61.13°. Open-water sea temperature is 4.8°C (40 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in January

At 61.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 20. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -7.3°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -7.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 5877389
NOAA station
USW00026442 · VALDEZ WSO
Station distance
0.2 km from the place centre
Coverage
Good coverage · 24 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.