January Weather at Balikesir Turkey

Daily high temperatures are around 48°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 61°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 48°F on January 19.

Daily low temperatures are around 33°F, rarely falling below 22°F or exceeding 45°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 32°F on January 22.

For reference, on July 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Balikesir typically range from 65°F to 89°F, while on January 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 32°F to 48°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.

Tuolumne City, United States (6,717 miles away); Canyon Day, United States (6,705 miles); and Henagar, United States (5,797 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Balikesir (view comparison).

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The month of January at Balikesir experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 53% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 51% on January 26.

The clearest day of the month is January 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 49% of the time.

For reference, on December 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 57%, while on July 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 98%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Balikesir, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 23% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 29% on December 7, and its lowest chance is 2% on July 25.

Over the course of January at Balikesir, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 21% 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 remains an essentially constant 1% 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 Balikesir is essentially constant, remaining about 2.3 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.6 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of January at Balikesir, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 43 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 27 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 6 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 9 hours, 25 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 9 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Balikesir is 8:29 AM on January 5 and the earliest sunrise is 12 minutes earlier at 8:17 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:54 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 32 minutes later at 6:26 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Balikesir during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:40 AM and sets 14 hours, 59 minutes later, at 8:39 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:25 AM and sets 9 hours, 22 minutes later, at 5:47 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 Balikesir is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 12% of the time, while on November 9, 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 Balikesir is gradually increasing during January, increasing from 9.3 miles per hour to 10.1 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on August 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.4 miles per hour, while on May 23, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.0 miles per hour.

The wind direction at Balikesir during January is predominantly out of the south from January 1 to January 13 and the north from January 13 to January 31.

Balikesir 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 Balikesir is essentially constant during January, remaining within 1°F of 56°F throughout.

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 Balikesir typically lasts for 7.4 months (225 days), from around March 30 to around November 11, rarely starting before March 11 or after April 23, and rarely ending before October 22 or after December 2.

The month of January at Balikesir 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 Balikesir are essentially constant during January, remaining within 12°F of 12°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 Balikesir is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 1.9 kWh to 2.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Balikesir are 39.619 deg latitude, 27.926 deg longitude, and 315 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Balikesir contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 236 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 347 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,722 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,797 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Balikesir is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (37%), within 10 miles by cropland (57%) and grassland (20%), and within 50 miles by trees (47%) and cropland (39%).