Date Weather in January
Date in January
The short of it: Date in January averages a high of 6 °C (42 °F) and a low of -2 °C (29 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 9 h 49 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low -2° · rain 58 mm · daylight 9 h 49 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & June
January in Date brings afternoons near 6° and nights around -2°, with about 58 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Date: highs scarcely reach 6°, nights fall to -2°. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 11th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 9 h 49 min in mid-January, 16 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Date runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Koori, 2 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
January in Date, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 3° colder, 10 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Jan–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KooriFukushima | 2 km NE | 6° | -2° | 58 mm |
| HobaramachiFukushima | 4 km E | 6° | -2° | 55 mm |
| FukushimaFukushima | 8 km SSW | 6° | -2° | 58 mm |
| Yanagawamachi-saiwaichōFukushima | 10 km ENE | 6° | -2° | 54 mm |
| ShiroishiMiyagi | 23 km NNE | 5° | -2° | 58 mm |
| MarumoriMiyagi | 26 km ENE | 6° | -1° | 44 mm |
| NihommatsuFukushima | 27 km SSW | 5° | -2° | 52 mm |
| YamakiyaFukushima | 27 km SSE | 3° | -5° | 48 mm |