Rotorua, New Zealand weather in January
Historical temperature average in January
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What is the average temperature in January
The average temperature in Rotorua in January for a typical day ranges from a high of 75°F (24°C) to a low of 57°F (14°C). Some would describe it as mildly cool with a gentle breeze.
For comparison, the hottest month in Rotorua, February, has days with highs of 76°F (24°C) and lows of 58°F (14°C). The coldest month, July has days with highs of 52°F (11°C) and lows of 42°F (6°C). This graph shows how an average day looks like in Rotorua in January based on historical data.
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How much does it rain in January
In Rotorua in January, there's a 29% chance of rain on an average day. And on the average day it rains or snows, we get 0.51 in (12.8 mm) of precipitation. In more common terms of how much that is, some would describe it as moderate rain.
The wettest month in Rotorua is September where a typical day has a 44% chance of precipitation and gets 0.13 inches (3.4 mm) of precipitation, while the dryest month in Rotorua is March where a typical day has a 23% chance of precipitation and gets 0.16 inches (4.1 mm) of precipitation. These graphs show the probability of it raining/snowing in January and the amount of rainfall.
How cloudy is Rotorua in January
When is sunrise and sunset in January
The average day in Rotorua during January has 14.5 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 6:08 AM and sunset at 8:38 PM.
The day with the longest amount of daylight in Rotorua is December 18th with 14.8 hours while June 22nd has the shortest amount of daylight with only 9.5 hours.
This graph shows the average amount of daylight in Rotorua in January based on historical data.
How humid is it in January
How windy is it in January
What to wear in January
What's the weather like in Rotorua the rest of the year
We've collected the weather data for Rotorua during all other months of the year too:
- Weather in Rotorua in February
- Weather in Rotorua in March
- Weather in Rotorua in April
- Weather in Rotorua in May
- Weather in Rotorua in June
- Weather in Rotorua in July
- Weather in Rotorua in August
- Weather in Rotorua in September
- Weather in Rotorua in October
- Weather in Rotorua in November
- Weather in Rotorua in December
Where does this data come from
Weather data for Rotorua was collected from the MERRA-2 project from NASA, which used a climate model combined with historical data from weather stations around the world to estimate what the conditions were like for every point on the Earth.
For all data based on historical data, we've averaged the data from the past 11 years (2010-2020). For example, for the hourly temperature at 10am, we've looked at the temperature at 10am on every day in January (e.g., January 1, January 2, etc. in 2010, 2011, etc.) and took the arithmetic mean. We did not smooth the data, so for example, our daily temperature line will have some randomness due to the fact that weather is random in the first place.
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