Summer Weather at Minchumina Airport United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 64°F to 59°F, rarely falling below 50°F or exceeding 80°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 70°F on July 1.

Daily low temperatures are around 47°F, rarely falling below 35°F or exceeding 57°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 52°F on July 12.

For reference, on June 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Minchumina Airport typically range from 51°F to 70°F, while on January 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from -12°F to 4°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average summer temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Nizhnevartovsk, Russia (3,452 miles away) and Vidim, Russia (3,226 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Minchumina Airport (view comparison).

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The summer at Minchumina Airport experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 62% to 67%.

The clearest day of the summer is June 20, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 39% of the time.

For reference, on December 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 71%, while on May 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 40%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Minchumina Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 28% and ending it at 38%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 42% on August 6, and its lowest chance is 7% on March 25.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the summer at Minchumina Airport is increasing, starting the season at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.1 inches or falls below 0.9 inches, and ending the season at 2.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.4 inches or falls below 1.3 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 3.1 inches on July 27.

Over the course of the summer at Minchumina Airport, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 5 hours, 30 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 3 minutes, 37 seconds, and weekly decrease of 25 minutes, 22 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 14 hours, 33 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 20 hours, 56 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer at Minchumina Airport is 3:43 AM on June 19 and the latest sunrise is 3 hours, 9 minutes later at 6:51 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 12:39 AM on June 21 and the earliest sunset is 3 hours, 14 minutes earlier at 9:24 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Minchumina Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:43 AM and sets 20 hours, 56 minutes later, at 12:38 AM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 10:59 AM and sets 4 hours, 16 minutes later, at 3:15 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the summer of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Minchumina Airport is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Minchumina Airport is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 4.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on January 14, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.3 miles per hour, while on July 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.2 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 4.2 miles per hour on July 13.

The wind direction at Minchumina Airport during the summer is predominantly out of the south from June 1 to June 10 and from July 17 to August 31 and the west from June 10 to July 17.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Minchumina Airport typically lasts for 3.9 months (121 days), from around May 14 to around September 11, rarely starting before April 28 or after May 29, and rarely ending before August 23 or after October 1.

The summer at Minchumina Airport is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a high of 100% on July 13.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Minchumina Airport are rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 719°F, from 104°F to 822°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Minchumina Airport is very rapidly decreasing during the summer, falling by 2.4 kWh, from 5.3 kWh to 2.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 5.6 kWh on June 21.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Minchumina Airport are 63.882 deg latitude, -152.311 deg longitude, and 682 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Minchumina Airport contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 505 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 711 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,194 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,589 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Minchumina Airport is covered by water (49%), shrubs (24%), and trees (18%), within 10 miles by trees (47%) and shrubs (35%), and within 50 miles by trees (59%) and shrubs (33%).