January was warmer and drier than average. Rainfall amounts were considerably below average and in large parts of the country they amounts reached just a half of the monthly average.

In the first half of the month there were quite a few rainy days, but in the second half of the month there was a respite of about two weeks in the rains, and it ended with an episode that began at the end of the month and continued into February.

January was considerably warmer than average and ranks sixth in the nationwide series of temperature measurements since 1950. Particularly prominent was a prolonged hot period in during the second half of the month.