January Weather in Shar’ya Russia

Daily high temperatures are around 13°F, rarely falling below -6°F or exceeding 29°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 12°F on January 18.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 2°F to -0°F, rarely falling below -22°F or exceeding 21°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is -0°F on January 20.

For reference, on July 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Shar’ya typically range from 55°F to 73°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from -0°F to 12°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on January. 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.

Fairview, Canada (4,485 miles away); Elk Point, Canada (4,574 miles); and Wadena, Canada (4,627 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Shar’ya (view comparison).

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The month of January in Shar’ya experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 83% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is January 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 18% of the time.

For reference, on December 31, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 85%, while on July 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 56%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Shar’ya, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is decreasing, starting the month at 22% and ending it at 17%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 37% on June 21, and its lowest chance is 14% on March 15.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during January in Shar’ya is decreasing, starting the month at 9.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 16.7 inches or falls below 3.5 inches, and ending the month at 7.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.4 inches or falls below 2.6 inches.

Over the course of January in Shar’ya, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 40 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 19 seconds, and weekly increase of 23 minutes, 16 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 6 hours, 30 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 8 hours, 9 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Shar’ya is 8:46 AM on January 1 and the earliest sunrise is 40 minutes earlier at 8:06 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 3:16 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 0 minutes later at 4:16 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Shar’ya during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 2:50 AM and sets 18 hours, 18 minutes later, at 9:08 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:45 AM and sets 6 hours, 21 minutes later, at 3:06 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 January 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 in Shar’ya is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 9, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 17% of the time, while on September 23, 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 in Shar’ya is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 6.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 14, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.0 miles per hour, while on July 22, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.0 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Shar’ya throughout January is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 41% on January 2.

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 in Shar’ya typically lasts for 4.6 months (140 days), from around May 12 to around September 29, rarely starting before April 23 or after May 30, and rarely ending before September 13 or after October 17.

The month of January in Shar’ya is reliably fully outside of the growing 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 in Shar’ya are essentially constant during January, remaining around 0°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 in Shar’ya is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 0.5 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Shar’ya are 58.369 deg latitude, 45.516 deg longitude, and 440 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shar’ya contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 118 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 382 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (256 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (525 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shar’ya is covered by cropland (44%), trees (36%), and grassland (15%), within 10 miles by trees (90%), and within 50 miles by trees (92%).