Buka climate

Buka Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 29°C on January 1 to 29°C on January 31, and lows from 28°C to 28°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 250 mm over about 28 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Buka, in °C, with the record for each date.262728293031151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
28°C
Precipitation
250 mm
Reanalysis high
31°CJan 21, 2006
Reanalysis low
26°CJan 21, 1992
Daylight
12 h 26 min to 12 h 21 min
Cloud cover
81%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
25°C
Wind
14.8 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 129°C28°C30°C 201327°C 199790%
Jan 229°C28°C30°C 201327°C 199390%
Jan 329°C28°C30°C 199927°C 199390%
Jan 429°C28°C30°C 199926°C 199390%
Jan 529°C28°C30°C 199927°C 200290%
Jan 629°C28°C30°C 199926°C 199290%
Jan 729°C28°C31°C 200627°C 199390%
Jan 829°C28°C30°C 201327°C 199290%
Jan 929°C28°C30°C 201827°C 199290%
Jan 1029°C28°C30°C 201326°C 199289%
Jan 1129°C28°C30°C 199627°C 200490%
Jan 1229°C28°C30°C 201127°C 200489%
Jan 1329°C28°C29°C 201127°C 199789%
Jan 1429°C28°C30°C 202027°C 201790%
Jan 1529°C28°C30°C 202027°C 199790%
Jan 1629°C28°C31°C 201827°C 199291%
Jan 1729°C28°C30°C 200327°C 199291%
Jan 1829°C28°C30°C 201827°C 199291%
Jan 1929°C28°C30°C 202027°C 199491%
Jan 2029°C28°C30°C 200627°C 199492%
Jan 2129°C28°C31°C 200626°C 199292%
Jan 2229°C28°C30°C 200127°C 199293%
Jan 2329°C28°C30°C 199327°C 199493%
Jan 2429°C28°C30°C 199927°C 199493%
Jan 2529°C28°C30°C 199926°C 199694%
Jan 2629°C28°C30°C 199927°C 201094%
Jan 2729°C28°C30°C 201827°C 199295%
Jan 2829°C28°C31°C 201827°C 199395%
Jan 2929°C28°C30°C 200127°C 199395%
Jan 3029°C28°C30°C 199927°C 199295%
Jan 3129°C28°C30°C 199926°C 199295%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Buka, in percent.0204060801001102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+11).

January 1
sunrise 6:32 AM, sunset 6:58 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:44 AM, sunset 7:05 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 2026-09-28. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.