January Weather in Kárášjohka Norway

Daily high temperatures are around 17°F, rarely falling below -2°F or exceeding 32°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 16°F on January 25.

Daily low temperatures are around 4°F, rarely falling below -16°F or exceeding 23°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 3°F on January 25.

For reference, on July 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kárášjohka typically range from 47°F to 61°F, while on January 25, the coldest day of the year, they range from 3°F to 16°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.

Chevak, United States (3,373 miles away) and Sutton-Alpine, United States (3,368 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kárášjohka (view comparison).

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The month of January in Kárášjohka experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 80% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 81% on January 16.

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 16, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 81%, while on June 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 42%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kárášjohka, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 16% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 37% on July 24, and its lowest chance is 12% on March 6.

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 in Kárášjohka is gradually increasing, starting the month at 5.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.7 inches or falls below 1.9 inches, and ending the month at 6.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.7 inches or falls below 1.5 inches.

Due to its extreme latitude, Kárášjohka 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 in Kárášjohka during 2024, the Sun is continuously below the horizon for 1.6 months, setting at 11:28 AM on November 27, and not rising again until 11:24 AM on January 14. 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, 58 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Kárášjohka is 11:24 AM on January 14 and the earliest sunrise is 2 hours, 21 minutes earlier at 9:03 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 11:29 AM on January 14 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 31 minutes later at 2:00 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Kárášjohka 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 in Kárášjohka 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 in Kárášjohka is gradually increasing during January, increasing from 10.0 miles per hour to 10.8 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.9 miles per hour, while on August 12, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.6 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Kárášjohka throughout January is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 38% on January 6.

Kárášjohka 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 Kárášjohka is essentially constant during January, remaining around 39°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 Kárášjohka typically lasts for 3.2 months (98 days), from around May 28 to around September 3, rarely starting before May 12 or after June 13, and rarely ending before August 13 or after September 25.

The month of January in Kárášjohka 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 in Kárášjohka 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 in Kárášjohka is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0.0 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kárášjohka are 69.472 deg latitude, 25.511 deg longitude, and 495 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kárášjohka contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 696 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 645 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,358 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,720 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kárášjohka is covered by trees (77%) and artificial surfaces (11%), within 10 miles by trees (83%), and within 50 miles by trees (49%) and sparse vegetation (20%).