Ask Weather in January
Ask in January
The short of it: Ask in January averages a high of -0 °C (31 °F) and a low of -6 °C (21 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 6 h 39 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 0° · low -6° · rain 63 mm · daylight 6 h 39 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Ask an average January high of 0°, a low of -6° and some 63 mm of rain. Ask's coldest stretch of the year, 0° by day and -6° by night. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 8th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 6 h 39 min in mid-January, 46 minutes more than a month before. Lanterns are lit by mid-afternoon.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots, 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, Ask runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. Kløfta, 6 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
January in Ask, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 6 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h