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.