Östersund climate

Östersund Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -6°C on January 1 to -6°C on January 31, and lows from -11°C to -12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 12 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 Östersund, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
-5°C
Average low
-11°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Record high
10°CJan 10, 1971
Record low
-37°CJan 10, 1987
Daylight
4 h 52 min to 7 h 15 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
99%
Dew point
-8°C
Wind
10.1 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 1-6°C-11°C7°C 2020-37°C 197944%
Jan 2-6°C-11°C9°C 1989-32°C 189343%
Jan 3-6°C-11°C8°C 1909-32°C 196644%
Jan 4-5°C-11°C10°C 1909-34°C 196644%
Jan 5-5°C-11°C7°C 1909-33°C 195045%
Jan 6-5°C-11°C8°C 1909-34°C 195044%
Jan 7-5°C-11°C6°C 1952-34°C 190044%
Jan 8-5°C-11°C7°C 2002-34°C 198246%
Jan 9-5°C-11°C7°C 1957-37°C 191845%
Jan 10-5°C-11°C10°C 1971-37°C 198744%
Jan 11-5°C-11°C10°C 1971-32°C 191444%
Jan 12-5°C-11°C6°C 2009-34°C 191443%
Jan 13-5°C-11°C7°C 1908-30°C 189343%
Jan 14-5°C-11°C7°C 2002-35°C 189342%
Jan 15-5°C-11°C7°C 1944-37°C 189341%
Jan 16-5°C-11°C7°C 1925-34°C 196641%
Jan 17-5°C-11°C7°C 1882-29°C 192842%
Jan 18-5°C-11°C8°C 1882-33°C 192840%
Jan 19-5°C-11°C7°C 1932-36°C 192840%
Jan 20-5°C-11°C7°C 1898-31°C 192838%
Jan 21-5°C-11°C7°C 2020-29°C 191338%
Jan 22-5°C-11°C5°C 1935-29°C 197739%
Jan 23-5°C-11°C7°C 2022-31°C 194138%
Jan 24-6°C-11°C8°C 1934-31°C 196738%
Jan 25-6°C-11°C8°C 2023-29°C 196739%
Jan 26-6°C-11°C9°C 1882-32°C 198538%
Jan 27-6°C-11°C7°C 1932-34°C 198537%
Jan 28-6°C-12°C10°C 1932-34°C 199938%
Jan 29-6°C-12°C9°C 1887-34°C 191338%
Jan 30-6°C-12°C7°C 2005-34°C 189539%
Jan 31-6°C-12°C9°C 1918-32°C 195638%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Östersund, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

January 1
sunrise 9:39 AM, sunset 2:31 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:38 AM, sunset 3:53 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SWE00100026, 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.