Thin winter covering the streets of Haapsalu. Photo: Malle
The sunniest was in Haapsalu (52 hours), while the sunniest was in Pärnu, where the sun shone for only 26 hours. There were five days in January where the sun did not shine, according to any monitoring station.
January, which started with a hard frost, ended with a big thaw, which brought snow from some areas. The average air temperature in the month of Nägi remained lower than the long-term average.
According to the Environmental Agency, the sun shone more than usual in January: an average of 40 hours in Estonia (the norm is 33 hours). In a long data series, since 1961, this year’s January ranks 18th.
The beginning of January was unusually cold. In approximately half of the stations, the average daily air temperature remained below minus 20 degrees.
The first third of the month ended with a thaw, in the second third the temperature was in the minus side and in the last third in plus.
The average air temperature in Estonia was -6.3 degrees, which is 3.2 degrees lower than the long-term average.