Melk Weather in January
Melk in January
The short of it: Melk in January averages a high of 3 °C (38 °F) and a low of -3 °C (26 °F), with 31 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 8 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 3° · low -3° · rain 31 mm · daylight 8 h 45 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Melk an average January high of 3°, a low of -3° and some 31 mm of rain. Melk's coldest stretch of the year, 3° by day and -3° by night. Rain is modest, about 31 mm, the 11th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 45 min in mid-January, 24 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and April.
Against its neighbours, Melk runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Spratzern, 22 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
January in Melk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpratzernLower Austria | 22 km ESE | 3° | -4° | 31 mm |
| Sankt PöltenLower Austria | 23 km E | 3° | -3° | 30 mm |
| WilhelmsburgLower Austria | 24 km ESE | 3° | -4° | 36 mm |
| Krems an der DonauLower Austria | 29 km NE | 4° | -3° | 20 mm |
| AmstettenLower Austria | 36 km WSW | 3° | -4° | 39 mm |
| PergUpper Austria | 52 km W | 3° | -4° | 47 mm |
| HornLower Austria | 54 km NNE | 2° | -4° | 24 mm |
| TullnLower Austria | 55 km ENE | 4° | -2° | 26 mm |