January Weather at Evenes Norway

Daily high temperatures are around 30°F, rarely falling below 19°F or exceeding 40°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 18°F, rarely falling below 2°F or exceeding 32°F.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Evenes typically range from 49°F to 61°F, while on February 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 17°F to 29°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.

Diamond Ridge, United States (3,566 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Evenes (view comparison).

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The month of January at Evenes experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 76% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is January 12, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 24% of the time.

For reference, on December 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 77%, while on June 5, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 45%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Evenes, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 42% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 47% on October 20, and its lowest chance is 33% on May 1.

Over the course of January at Evenes, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 11% to 7%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 15% to 17%, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 17% throughout.

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 Evenes is essentially constant, remaining about 1.9 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.2 inches or falling below 0.2 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 Evenes is increasing, starting the month at 13.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 24.5 inches or falls below 3.7 inches, and ending the month at 15.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 33.0 inches or falls below 4.7 inches.

Due to its extreme latitude, Evenes 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 Evenes during 2024, the Sun is continuously below the horizon for 1.1 months, setting at 11:47 AM on December 4, and not rising again until 11:43 AM on January 8. 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 5 hours, 27 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Evenes is 11:43 AM on January 8 and the earliest sunrise is 2 hours, 20 minutes earlier at 9:23 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 12:16 PM on January 8 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 34 minutes later at 2:50 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Evenes 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 Evenes is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 Evenes is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 10.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on January 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.8 miles per hour, while on July 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.8 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during January is 10.8 miles per hour on January 23.

The hourly average wind direction at Evenes throughout January is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 50% on January 9.

Evenes 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 Evenes is gradually decreasing during January, falling by 2°F, from 40°F to 38°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 Evenes typically lasts for 4.1 months (127 days), from around May 16 to around September 20, rarely starting before April 30 or after June 2, and rarely ending before August 30 or after October 11.

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

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Evenes are 68.491 deg latitude, 16.678 deg longitude, and 66 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Evenes contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 728 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 179 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (4,255 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,102 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Evenes is covered by trees (68%) and cropland (11%), within 10 miles by trees (37%) and water (29%), and within 50 miles by water (32%) and trees (21%).