Weather in Kemi in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Kemi;
Average weather
Average temperature in Kemi in January
The expected average maximum temperature in January is +28°F with a maximum of +39°F and a minimum of -6°F.
The average maximum temperature goes down 16% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +34°F to +27°F.
Is Kemi warm or cold in January?
Kemi is typically cold in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +25°F to +19°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +16°F to +9°F.
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 Kemi, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Kemi in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +25°F | +19°F | +19°F | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -22°F | -36°F | -31°F | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +43°F | +41°F | +46°F | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 8 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 4 m/s | 4 m/s | 4 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 88% | 87% | 87% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1005 HPa | 1007 HPa | 1009 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 13 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 15 | 14 | 13 | ||||
January often has better weather than December. It’s getting colder in January. From +25°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +19°F. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 8 mm to 1 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 88% to 87%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 4 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 2 sunny days during the month.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 6 m/s getting up to 12 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Kemi is gradually decreasing during January, going from 10 m/s to 5 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Kemi.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Kemi?
Climate Change Over the Years
The climate in Kemi in January has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1985 (+35°F) and the highest in 2020 (+46°F). The driest year was 2002 with only 248 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2020 with 612 mm.
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Monthly weather in Kemi
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Kemi, 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.