Russia · 1991–2020 normal

Snezhnogorsk in
January.

Typical January weather in Snezhnogorsk: -5.1°C by day, -10.4°C at night, 36 mm of rain over 9.4 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-5.1°C
Typical low-10.4°C
Rain36 mm
Wet days9.4

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 53). Daylight is calculated as 1 h 27 from latitude 69.19°. Open-water sea temperature is 3.6°C (25 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in January

At 69.2° the calculated mid-month daylight is 1 h 27. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -10.4°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -10.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 795243
NOAA station
RSM00022019 · POLJARNOE
Station distance
9 km from the place centre
Coverage
Strong coverage · 29 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.