Datong climate

Datong Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Datong, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 8°C on January 1 to 9°C on January 31, and lows from -2°C to -2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 34 mm over about 6 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Datong, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
8°C
Average low
-3°C
Precipitation
34 mm
Reanalysis high
25°CJan 31, 2014
Reanalysis low
-19°CJan 16, 1993
Daylight
10 h 03 min to 10 h 36 min
Cloud cover
59%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
-3°C
Wind
12.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 18°C-2°C16°C 2014-11°C 199216%
Jan 28°C-2°C16°C 2016-11°C 199216%
Jan 38°C-2°C16°C 2016-9°C 201316%
Jan 48°C-2°C20°C 1996-9°C 201316%
Jan 58°C-2°C16°C 1999-11°C 200317%
Jan 68°C-2°C14°C 1995-10°C 201817%
Jan 78°C-2°C15°C 1995-8°C 201117%
Jan 88°C-2°C16°C 1995-9°C 201818%
Jan 97°C-2°C16°C 2002-16°C 201820%
Jan 107°C-3°C17°C 2002-13°C 201820%
Jan 117°C-3°C19°C 2002-10°C 201820%
Jan 127°C-3°C15°C 2002-11°C 201819%
Jan 137°C-3°C14°C 2003-8°C 201820%
Jan 147°C-3°C19°C 2002-7°C 200820%
Jan 157°C-3°C14°C 1994-16°C 199320%
Jan 167°C-3°C15°C 1994-19°C 199320%
Jan 177°C-3°C12°C 1991-16°C 199320%
Jan 187°C-3°C14°C 2010-14°C 199319%
Jan 197°C-3°C17°C 2010-14°C 199319%
Jan 207°C-3°C14°C 2015-10°C 199319%
Jan 217°C-3°C14°C 2009-11°C 199319%
Jan 227°C-3°C16°C 1999-6°C 199319%
Jan 238°C-3°C16°C 2014-8°C 200919%
Jan 248°C-3°C21°C 2014-10°C 201619%
Jan 258°C-3°C16°C 1999-11°C 201619%
Jan 268°C-3°C18°C 1999-10°C 200019%
Jan 278°C-3°C18°C 1999-9°C 200018%
Jan 288°C-3°C20°C 1992-8°C 201817%
Jan 298°C-2°C17°C 2013-12°C 201817%
Jan 308°C-2°C18°C 2014-11°C 200817%
Jan 319°C-2°C25°C 2014-10°C 200818%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Datong, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

January 1
sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 5:17 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:43 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.