Sweden · 1991–2020 normal
Gällivare in
January.
Typical January weather in Gällivare: -7.6°C by day, -17.4°C at night, 36 mm of rain over 8.8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-7.6°C
Typical low-17.4°C
Rain36 mm
Wet days8.8
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 57). Daylight is calculated as 3 h 43 from latitude 67.13°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 67.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 3 h 43. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -17.4°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -17.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 606086
- NOAA station
- SWE00140828 · GALLIVARE_A
- Station distance
- 0.7 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 25 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.