Plettenberg Weather in January
Plettenberg in January
The short of it: Plettenberg in January averages a high of 4 °C (40 °F) and a low of -1 °C (30 °F), with 120 mm (4.7 in) of rain and about 8 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -1° · rain 120 mm · daylight 8 h 21 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Plettenberg an average January high of 4°, a low of -1° and some 120 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Plettenberg: highs scarcely reach 4°, nights fall to -1°. Wet spells are common — about 120 mm, the 2nd wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 21 min in mid-January, 27 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Plettenberg runs cooler than most and about as wet in January. Lüdenscheid, 17 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
January in Plettenberg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km W | 4° | -1° | 134 mm |
| IserlohnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km NNW | 5° | 0° | 100 mm |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km NE | 5° | -1° | 102 mm |
| MendenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 27 km NNW | 5° | 0° | 92 mm |
| GummersbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km SW | 5° | -1° | 131 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 33 km WNW | 5° | 0° | 101 mm |
| SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 34 km NW | 6° | 0° | 84 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 39 km NNW | 6° | 0° | 82 mm |