United States · 1991–2020 normal

Utqiagvik in
January.

Typical January weather in Utqiagvik: -20.7°C by day, -27.7°C at night, 4 mm of rain over 1.2 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-20.7°C
Typical low-27.7°C
Rain4 mm
Wet days1.2

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 24). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 71.29°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.7°C (10 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in January

At 71.3° 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 -27.7°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -27.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 5880054
NOAA station
USW00027502 · BARROW AP
Station distance
1.8 km from the place centre
Coverage
Strong coverage · 30 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.