Norway · 1991–2020 normal
Vardø in
January.
Typical January weather in Vardø: -1.1°C by day, -6°C at night, 72 mm of rain over 16.6 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-1.1°C
Typical low-6°C
Rain72 mm
Wet days16.6
Comfort score 5 this month (August leads the year at 38). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 70.37°. Open-water sea temperature is 4.3°C (1 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 70.4° the calculated mid-month daylight is none. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -6°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -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 777019
- NOAA station
- NO000098550 · VARDO
- Station distance
- 0.6 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 24 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.