January Weather at Nerlerit Inaat Airport Greenland

Daily high temperatures are around 11°F, rarely falling below -4°F or exceeding 26°F.

Daily low temperatures are around -1°F, rarely falling below -16°F or exceeding 16°F.

For reference, on July 29, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Nerlerit Inaat Airport typically range from 39°F to 48°F, while on February 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from -3°F to 9°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.

Hooper Bay, United States (3,132 miles away) and Uptar, Russia (3,409 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Nerlerit Inaat Airport (view comparison).

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The month of January at Nerlerit Inaat Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 75% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 77% on January 25.

The clearest day of the month is January 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 27% of the time.

For reference, on January 25, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 77%, while on June 13, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 53%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Nerlerit Inaat Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is increasing, starting the month at 28% and ending it at 33%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 33% on January 31, and its lowest chance is 10% on June 10.

Over the course of January at Nerlerit Inaat Airport, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 0% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow increases from 27% to 32%.

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 Nerlerit Inaat Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.3 inches or falling below -0.0 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 Nerlerit Inaat Airport is increasing, starting the month at 31.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 59.4 inches or falls below 7.9 inches, and ending the month at 33.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 64.9 inches or falls below 10.2 inches.

Due to its extreme latitude, Nerlerit Inaat Airport experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer and polar night during the winter. These are periods of time in which the sun is continuously above or below the horizon for more than one day. The precise start and end dates of polar day and night vary from year to year and depend on the precise location and elevation of the observer, and the local topography.

In the winter at Nerlerit Inaat Airport during 2024, the Sun is continuously below the horizon for 2.0 months, setting at 11:51 AM on November 20, and not rising again until 12:12 PM on January 21. As such, January begins the month in polar night, which ends before the month is out.

The longest day of the month is January 31, with 4 hours, 12 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Nerlerit Inaat Airport is 12:12 PM on January 21 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 35 minutes earlier at 10:38 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 1:11 PM on January 21 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 39 minutes later at 2:50 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Nerlerit Inaat Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

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 Nerlerit Inaat Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

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 Nerlerit Inaat Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 14.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on January 22, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 14.7 miles per hour, while on June 25, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.5 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during January is 14.7 miles per hour on January 22.

The hourly average wind direction at Nerlerit Inaat Airport throughout January is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 70% on January 30.

Nerlerit Inaat Airport 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 Nerlerit Inaat Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining around 29°F throughout.

The lowest average surface water temperature during January is 29°F on January 4.

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 Nerlerit Inaat Airport typically lasts for 1.7 months (55 days), from around July 2 to around August 26, rarely starting before June 12, or ending after September 14.

The month of January at Nerlerit Inaat Airport 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 Nerlerit Inaat Airport 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 Nerlerit Inaat Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0.0 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Nerlerit Inaat Airport are 70.743 deg latitude, -22.650 deg longitude, and 249 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Nerlerit Inaat Airport contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,404 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 383 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,989 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,348 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Nerlerit Inaat Airport is covered by sparse vegetation (63%) and water (27%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (75%) and water (17%), and within 50 miles by water (50%) and sparse vegetation (33%).