January Weather at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. Canada

Daily high temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 32°F to 29°F, rarely falling below 18°F or exceeding 42°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 22°F to 17°F, rarely falling below 6°F or exceeding 32°F.

For reference, on August 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. typically range from 56°F to 66°F, while on February 4, the coldest day of the year, they range from 17°F to 28°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on January. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Sund, Åland Islands (3,135 miles away) and Shibetsu, Japan (5,969 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. (view comparison).

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The month of January at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 78% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79% on January 12.

The clearest day of the month is January 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 24% of the time.

For reference, on January 12, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79%, while on September 3, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 56%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld., the chance of a wet day over the course of January is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 38% and ending it at 36%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 42% on November 18, and its lowest chance is 31% on March 12.

Over the course of January at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld., the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 13% to 6%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 14% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow increases from 12% to 16%.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during January at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. is decreasing, starting the month at 2.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.1 inches or falls below 1.1 inches, and ending the month at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below 0.6 inches.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during January at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 14.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 27.1 inches or falls below 3.1 inches, and ending the month at 18.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 34.6 inches or falls below 7.0 inches.

Over the course of January at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld., the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 0 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 0 seconds, and weekly increase of 13 minutes, 58 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 8 hours, 31 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 9 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. is 8:14 AM on January 2 and the earliest sunrise is 20 minutes earlier at 7:54 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 4:45 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 40 minutes later at 5:25 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:28 AM and sets 15 hours, 59 minutes later, at 9:27 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:12 AM and sets 8 hours, 26 minutes later, at 4:37 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for January 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 7, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 7% of the time, while on November 7, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. is gradually decreasing during January, decreasing from 20.6 miles per hour to 20.0 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 13, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 20.9 miles per hour, while on July 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.5 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during January is 20.9 miles per hour on January 13.

The hourly average wind direction at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. throughout January is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 51% on January 11.

Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. is gradually decreasing during January, falling by 3°F, from 36°F to 33°F, over the course of the month.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. typically lasts for 5.6 months (171 days), from around May 14 to around November 2, rarely starting before April 22 or after June 5, and rarely ending before October 17 or after November 18.

The month of January at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. are essentially constant during January, remaining around 0°F throughout.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Port-Aux-Basques, Nfld. is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 1.1 kWh throughout.