Climate · Forsand

Forsand in January

Cold and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Forsand is cold: highs near 37°F, lows near 27°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 6 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Forsand is cold: highs near 3°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 6 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
37°F3°Caverage
Low
27°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
7h 04mon average

Is January a good time to visit Forsand?


January sits outside Forsand's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 37°F in January, against 37°F to 66°F through the year.Highs near 3°C in January, against 3°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in January, against 51% to 64% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in January, against 60% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

7h 04m in January, against 6h 20m to 18h 20m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. December39°4°low 29°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January37°3°low 27°low -3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February38°3°low 26°low -3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Forsand sits, in January

Europe/Oslo

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
9:16 AMsets 4:12 PM
Above the sea
210 mlow-lying
Latitude
58.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bergen172 km north

The land around Forsand, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Norway in January

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Forsand. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (210 m) against the climate model's (269 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (210 m) against the climate model's (269 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.