January Weather at Honningsvåg Airport, Valan Norway

Daily high temperatures are around 30°F, rarely falling below 21°F or exceeding 39°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 22°F, rarely falling below 11°F or exceeding 32°F.

For reference, on July 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Honningsvåg Airport, Valan typically range from 47°F to 56°F, while on February 8, the coldest day of the year, they range from 21°F to 30°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.

King Cove, Alaska, United States (3,721 miles away) and Kodiak Station, Alaska, United States (3,543 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (view comparison).

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The month of January at Honningsvåg Airport, Valan experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 81% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82% on January 6.

The clearest day of the month is January 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 20% of the time.

For reference, on January 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on June 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 41%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Honningsvåg Airport, Valan, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 31% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 41% on October 23, and its lowest chance is 23% on March 4.

Over the course of January at Honningsvåg Airport, Valan, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 11% to 7%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 7% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 16% 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 Honningsvåg Airport, Valan is essentially constant, remaining about 0.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.5 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 Honningsvåg Airport, Valan is gradually increasing, starting the month at 8.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 18.0 inches or falls below 1.8 inches, and ending the month at 8.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 18.9 inches or falls below 2.4 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 9.0 inches on January 25.

Due to its extreme latitude, Honningsvåg Airport, Valan 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 Honningsvåg Airport, Valan during 2026, the Sun is continuously below the horizon for 2.0 months, setting at 11:22 AM on November 20, and not rising again until 10:53 AM on January 22. 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, 6 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Honningsvåg Airport, Valan is 10:53 AM on January 22 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 27 minutes earlier at 9:26 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 12:02 PM on January 22 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 31 minutes later at 1:33 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Honningsvåg Airport, Valan during 2026, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in standard 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 2026. 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 Honningsvåg Airport, Valan is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 17, 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 Honningsvåg Airport, Valan is gradually increasing during January, increasing from 17.4 miles per hour to 18.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 18.3 miles per hour, while on August 1, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during January is 18.3 miles per hour on January 29.

The hourly average wind direction at Honningsvåg Airport, Valan throughout January is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 42% on January 19.

Honningsvåg Airport, Valan 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 Honningsvåg Airport, Valan is essentially constant during January, remaining within 1°F of 40°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 Honningsvåg Airport, Valan typically lasts for 4.7 months (142 days), from around May 22 to around October 11, rarely starting before May 2 or after June 13, and rarely ending before September 21 or after October 31.

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

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during January is 0.0 kWh on January 5.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Honningsvåg Airport, Valan are 71.009 deg latitude, 25.978 deg longitude, and 3 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Honningsvåg Airport, Valan contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,027 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 206 feet. Within 10 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,296 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,198 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Honningsvåg Airport, Valan is covered by sparse vegetation (41%) and water (40%), within 10 miles by water (63%) and sparse vegetation (25%), and within 50 miles by water (67%) and sparse vegetation (17%).