Sweden · 1991–2020 normal
Hortlax in
January.
Typical January weather in Hortlax: -4.3°C by day, -12.1°C at night, 52 mm of rain over 9.4 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-4.3°C
Typical low-12.1°C
Rain52 mm
Wet days9.4
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 73). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 47 from latitude 65.28°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.7°C (20 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 65.3° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 47. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -12.1°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -12.1°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 605647
- NOAA station
- SWE00140492 · PITEA
- Station distance
- 5.8 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.