Finland · 1991–2020 normal

Pieksämäki in
January.

Typical January weather in Pieksämäki: -3.9°C by day, -9.9°C at night, 47 mm of rain over 11.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-3.9°C
Typical low-9.9°C
Rain47 mm
Wet days11.7

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 76). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 59 from latitude 62.30°.

Event window

Long northern nights in January

At 62.3° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 59. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -9.9°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -9.9°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 641869
NOAA station
FIE00143962 · VARKAUS KAPYKANGAS
Station distance
36.7 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.