Finland · 1991–2020 normal
Nivavaara in
January.
Typical January weather in Nivavaara: -7.4°C by day, -17°C at night, 39 mm of rain over 10.1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-7.4°C
Typical low-17°C
Rain39 mm
Wet days10.1
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 68). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 06 from latitude 66.53°.
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 66.5° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 06. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -17°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -17°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 645296
- NOAA station
- FIE00146258 · ROVANIEMI APUKKA
- Station distance
- 9.5 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.