Sweden · 1991–2020 normal
Pajala in
January.
Typical January weather in Pajala: -7.3°C by day, -16.6°C at night, 43 mm of rain over 10.4 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-7.3°C
Typical low-16.6°C
Rain43 mm
Wet days10.4
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 63). Daylight is calculated as 3 h 39 from latitude 67.21°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 67.2° the calculated mid-month daylight is 3 h 39. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -16.6°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -16.6°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 603761
- NOAA station
- SWE00140840 · PAJALA
- Station distance
- 1.2 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 18 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.