Rum Weather in January
Rum in January
The short of it: Rum in January averages a high of 5 °C (40 °F) and a low of -4 °C (25 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 8 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low -4° · rain 45 mm · daylight 8 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Rum an average January high of 5°, a low of -4° and some 45 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Rum: highs scarcely reach 5°, nights fall to -4°. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 11th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 52 min in mid-January, 23 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 April and May.
Against its neighbours, Rum runs about middling and drier than most in January. Arzl, 1 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
January in Rum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 11 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h