Wakkanai climate

Wakkanai Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -1°C on January 1 to -2°C on January 31, and lows from -3°C to -5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 96 mm over about 22 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Wakkanai, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
-2°C
Average low
-4°C
Precipitation
96 mm
Record high
7°CJan 23, 2009
Record low
-19°CJan 23, 1954
Daylight
8 h 47 min to 9 h 42 min
Cloud cover
92%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
-6°C
Wind
28.4 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 1-1°C-3°C5°C 1989-12°C 197573%
Jan 2-1°C-3°C4°C 1993-12°C 195374%
Jan 3-1°C-3°C4°C 1993-12°C 195374%
Jan 4-1°C-3°C4°C 1976-13°C 195375%
Jan 5-1°C-3°C5°C 1976-13°C 195374%
Jan 6-1°C-3°C4°C 2007-14°C 195374%
Jan 7-1°C-4°C4°C 1979-12°C 195374%
Jan 8-1°C-4°C5°C 1979-15°C 199874%
Jan 9-1°C-4°C6°C 1995-16°C 195374%
Jan 10-2°C-4°C4°C 1971-13°C 197973%
Jan 11-2°C-4°C4°C 1971-16°C 197973%
Jan 12-2°C-4°C3°C 1982-17°C 196173%
Jan 13-2°C-4°C4°C 1997-17°C 196174%
Jan 14-2°C-4°C5°C 1997-14°C 196773%
Jan 15-2°C-4°C3°C 1996-12°C 196974%
Jan 16-2°C-4°C1°C 2006-13°C 196974%
Jan 17-2°C-4°C2°C 1976-13°C 196774%
Jan 18-2°C-4°C3°C 1972-13°C 196174%
Jan 19-2°C-4°C4°C 2025-14°C 195972%
Jan 20-2°C-4°C6°C 2010-13°C 196173%
Jan 21-2°C-4°C2°C 1988-15°C 198673%
Jan 22-2°C-4°C5°C 2002-15°C 195472%
Jan 23-2°C-4°C7°C 2009-19°C 195472%
Jan 24-2°C-4°C3°C 1973-17°C 198573%
Jan 25-2°C-4°C2°C 1983-17°C 198574%
Jan 26-2°C-4°C4°C 1957-15°C 195473%
Jan 27-2°C-4°C4°C 1983-14°C 197872%
Jan 28-2°C-4°C5°C 1983-15°C 198671%
Jan 29-2°C-4°C4°C 2009-17°C 198670%
Jan 30-2°C-5°C4°C 1957-17°C 198569%
Jan 31-2°C-5°C3°C 1989-15°C 196768%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Wakkanai, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9).

January 1
sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 4:00 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:56 AM, sunset 4:38 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station JA000047401, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.