Umeå climate

Umeå Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -3°C on January 1 to -5°C on January 31, and lows from -8°C to -10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 56 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Umeå, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-4°C
Average low
-8°C
Precipitation
56 mm
Reanalysis high
3°CJan 28, 1992
Reanalysis low
-28°CJan 28, 1999
Daylight
4 h 33 min to 7 h 05 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
98%
Dew point
-7°C
Wind
14.4 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 1-3°C-8°C2°C 1992-22°C 200345%
Jan 2-3°C-8°C2°C 2020-18°C 200244%
Jan 3-3°C-8°C2°C 2020-16°C 200446%
Jan 4-3°C-8°C2°C 2007-20°C 200347%
Jan 5-3°C-8°C2°C 2007-26°C 200348%
Jan 6-3°C-8°C2°C 2000-26°C 200349%
Jan 7-3°C-8°C2°C 2020-22°C 201648%
Jan 8-3°C-8°C3°C 2020-21°C 201648%
Jan 9-3°C-8°C2°C 2007-20°C 201648%
Jan 10-3°C-8°C3°C 2002-21°C 200347%
Jan 11-3°C-8°C3°C 2002-15°C 199746%
Jan 12-3°C-8°C2°C 2002-16°C 199146%
Jan 13-3°C-8°C1°C 2005-17°C 200345%
Jan 14-3°C-8°C3°C 2002-20°C 201145%
Jan 15-4°C-8°C3°C 2002-23°C 201143%
Jan 16-4°C-8°C2°C 2000-16°C 200941%
Jan 17-4°C-8°C2°C 2008-19°C 201341%
Jan 18-4°C-9°C2°C 2005-19°C 199439%
Jan 19-4°C-9°C2°C 2017-20°C 199438%
Jan 20-4°C-9°C3°C 2020-18°C 201637%
Jan 21-4°C-9°C3°C 2020-21°C 201636%
Jan 22-4°C-9°C1°C 2017-20°C 200436%
Jan 23-4°C-9°C2°C 1991-19°C 201834%
Jan 24-5°C-9°C0°C 2020-18°C 200234%
Jan 25-5°C-9°C1°C 1991-17°C 201134%
Jan 26-5°C-9°C2°C 2017-20°C 199934%
Jan 27-5°C-10°C1°C 1992-26°C 199935%
Jan 28-5°C-10°C3°C 1992-28°C 199936%
Jan 29-5°C-10°C3°C 1992-24°C 199936%
Jan 30-5°C-10°C3°C 1992-21°C 199437%
Jan 31-5°C-10°C1°C 1992-23°C 200338%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 9:26 AM, sunset 1:59 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:20 AM, sunset 3:25 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.