Westerstede Weather in January
Westerstede in January
The short of it: Westerstede in January averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 8 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 0° · rain 70 mm · daylight 8 h 3 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Westerstede an average January high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 70 mm of rain. Westerstede's coldest stretch of the year, 5° by day and 0° by night. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 7th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 3 min in mid-January, 30 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and April.
Against its neighbours, Westerstede runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Bad Zwischenahn, 9 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
January in Westerstede, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad ZwischenahnLower Saxony | 9 km SSE | 5° | 0° | 68 mm |
| WiefelstedeLower Saxony | 13 km E | 5° | 0° | 68 mm |
| EdewechtLower Saxony | 15 km SSE | 5° | 0° | 69 mm |
| RastedeLower Saxony | 18 km E | 5° | 0° | 66 mm |
| VarelLower Saxony | 21 km NE | 5° | 0° | 68 mm |
| WiesmoorLower Saxony | 22 km NW | 5° | 0° | 70 mm |
| OldenburgLower Saxony | 23 km SE | 5° | 0° | 64 mm |
| FriesoytheLower Saxony | 27 km S | 5° | 0° | 70 mm |