January Weather in Coihaique Chile

Daily high temperatures increase by 2°F, from 61°F to 63°F, rarely falling below 53°F or exceeding 75°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 47°F, rarely falling below 40°F or exceeding 55°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 47°F on January 28.

For reference, on February 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Coihaique typically range from 47°F to 64°F, while on July 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 30°F to 41°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.

Evanton, United Kingdom (8,126 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Coihaique (view comparison).

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The month of January in Coihaique experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 55% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is January 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 46% of the time.

For reference, on May 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 76%, while on February 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 46%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Coihaique, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 21% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 39% on May 26, and its lowest chance is 20% on January 10.

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 in Coihaique is essentially constant, remaining about 1.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.2 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.5 inches on January 24.

Over the course of January in Coihaique, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 57 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 55 seconds, and weekly decrease of 13 minutes, 25 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 31, with 14 hours, 40 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 1, with 15 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Coihaique is 6:02 AM on January 1 and the latest sunrise is 38 minutes later at 6:41 AM on January 31.

The latest sunset is 9:40 PM on January 1 and the earliest sunset is 19 minutes earlier at 9:21 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Coihaique during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:55 AM and sets 15 hours, 42 minutes later, at 9:37 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:29 AM and sets 8 hours, 42 minutes later, at 5:10 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 in Coihaique is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 1, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 6, 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 in Coihaique is gradually decreasing during January, decreasing from 8.4 miles per hour to 7.7 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.5 miles per hour, while on June 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.5 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Coihaique throughout January is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 91% on January 16.

Coihaique 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 in Coihaique 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 in Coihaique typically lasts for 4.3 months (130 days), from around November 2 to around March 12, rarely starting before September 24 or after December 12, and rarely ending before January 15 or after April 20.

The month of January in Coihaique is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season gradually decreasing from 93% to 86% over the course of the month.

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 in Coihaique are gradually increasing during January, increasing by 171°F, from 268°F to 439°F, over the course of the month.

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 in Coihaique is gradually decreasing during January, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 7.1 kWh to 6.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Coihaique are -45.575 deg latitude, -72.066 deg longitude, and 981 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Coihaique contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,221 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,136 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (4,921 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,488 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Coihaique is covered by trees (44%), shrubs (40%), and grassland (13%), within 10 miles by trees (67%) and shrubs (15%), and within 50 miles by trees (44%) and shrubs (31%).