Weather in Gallivare in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Gallivare;
Average weather
Average temperature in Gallivare in January
Going from a maximum of +6°C during the day to a minimum of -26°C during the night, the temperature in January averages around -6°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 16% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from -12°C to -17°C.
Is Gallivare warm or cold in January?
Gallivare is typically cold in January.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from -7°C to -9°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from -14°C to -16°C.
Wear your winter warms as it will be cold. To save space, layer, and don’t forget gloves and a scarf.
January is the coldest month in Gallivare, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Gallivare in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| -7°C | -9°C | -7°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -34°C | -39°C | -37°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +7°C | +7°C | +8°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 1 m/s | 1 m/s | 1 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 85% | 83% | 81% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1003 HPa | 1004 HPa | 1005 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 20 | 23 | 19 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 7 | 5 | 5 | ||||
January weather is still as ok as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From -7°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to -9°C. The rainfall amount in January stays the same as in the previous month with a 1 mm of total precipitation. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 85% to 83%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 1 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 4 sunny days in December to 3 in January.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 3 m/s getting up to 7 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Gallivare is gradually decreasing during January, going from 4 m/s to 3 m/s over the course of the month.
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Gallivare.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Gallivare?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Gallivare in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1987 (-15°C) and the highest in 1992 (-2°C). The driest year was 1982 with only 0 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2023 with 0 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Gallivare, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.