Datun Weather in January
Datun in January
The short of it: Datun in January averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of -4 °C (25 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 10 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low -4° · rain 10 mm · daylight 10 h 3 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Datun an average January high of 5°, a low of -4° and some 10 mm of rain. Datun's coldest stretch of the year, 5° by day and -4° by night. It is the driest month of the year, only 10 mm of rain. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 10 h 3 min in mid-January.
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 October and April.
Against its neighbours, Datun runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Anguo, 8 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
January in Datun, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h