Thang Weather in January
Thang in January
The short of it: Thang in January averages a high of -9 °C (16 °F) and a low of -20 °C (-3 °F), with 7.0 mm (0.28 in) of rain and about 10 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -9° · low -20° · rain 7.0 mm · daylight 10 h 3 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Thang an average January high of -9°, a low of -20° and some 7.0 mm of rain. Thang's coldest stretch of the year, -9° by day and -20° by night. Rain is scarce, about 7.0 mm, the 5th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 10 h 3 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Thang runs cooler than most and drier than most in January. Yougu, 64 km to the WNW, is 6° warmer by day.
January in Thang, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 4° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouguGilgit-Baltistan | 64 km WNW | -3° | -14° | 23 mm |
| KargilLadakh | 74 km SW | -4° | -16° | 45 mm |
| PitukLadakh | 111 km SE | -2° | -14° | 14 mm |
| LehLadakh | 111 km SE | -3° | -15° | 11 mm |
| SkarduGilgit-Baltistan | 113 km WNW | 2° | -10° | 33 mm |
| ChoglamsarLadakh | 116 km SE | -2° | -13° | 15 mm |
| PadamLadakh | 163 km S | -9° | -18° | 38 mm |
| PahalgamJammu and Kashmir | 169 km SW | 1° | -9° | 142 mm |