Spring Weather at Gullfax Platform Norway

Daily high temperatures increase by 8°F, from 43°F to 51°F, rarely falling below 38°F or exceeding 56°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 9°F, from 38°F to 47°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 50°F.

For reference, on August 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Gullfax Platform typically range from 54°F to 58°F, while on February 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 43°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring 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.

Metlakatla, United States (4,026 miles away); Metchosin, Canada (4,300 miles); and Stanley, Falkland Islands (8,467 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Gullfax Platform (view comparison).

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The spring at Gullfax Platform experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 74% to 54%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 54% on May 30.

The clearest day of the spring is May 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 46% of the time.

For reference, on February 5, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 75%, while on May 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 46%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Gullfax Platform, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 48% and ending it at 24%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 53% on December 29, and its lowest chance is 23% on June 10.

Over the course of the spring at Gullfax Platform, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 46% to 24%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

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 spring at Gullfax Platform is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 3.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.2 inches or falls below 1.6 inches, and ending the season at 1.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.5 inches or falls below 0.4 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.4 inches on May 29.

Over the course of the spring at Gullfax Platform, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 8 hours, 11 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 5 minutes, 24 seconds, and weekly increase of 37 minutes, 45 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 10 hours, 27 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 18 hours, 38 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring at Gullfax Platform is 7:51 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 3 hours, 20 minutes earlier at 4:31 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:18 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 4 hours, 51 minutes later at 11:09 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 3:00 AM on March 31, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:14 AM and sets 19 hours, 18 minutes later, at 11:32 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 10:04 AM and sets 5 hours, 31 minutes later, at 3:35 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 spring 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 Gullfax Platform is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

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 Gullfax Platform is very rapidly decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 22.6 miles per hour to 15.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 15, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 23.8 miles per hour, while on July 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.7 miles per hour.

The wind direction at Gullfax Platform during the spring is predominantly out of the south from March 1 to May 4 and the north from May 4 to May 31.

Gullfax Platform is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature at Gullfax Platform is increasing during the spring, rising by 4°F, from 45°F to 49°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the spring is 45°F on March 14.

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 Gullfax Platform typically lasts for 9.2 months (280 days), from around March 13 to around December 19, rarely starting before January 27 or after April 16, and rarely ending before November 19 or after January 14.

The spring at Gullfax Platform is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season very rapidly increasing from 33% to 100% over the course of the season.

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 Gullfax Platform are essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 8°F of 8°F throughout.

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 Gullfax Platform is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 4.6 kWh, from 1.1 kWh to 5.7 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gullfax Platform are 61.033 deg latitude, 2.033 deg longitude, and 0 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gullfax Platform is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 0 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 0 feet. Within 10 miles is also essentially flat (0 feet). Within 50 miles is also essentially flat (0 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gullfax Platform is covered by water (100%), within 10 miles by water (100%), and within 50 miles by water (100%).