May Weather in Iskateley Russia

Daily high temperatures increase by 14°F, from 31°F to 45°F, rarely falling below 23°F or exceeding 61°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 13°F, from 20°F to 33°F, rarely falling below 8°F or exceeding 43°F.

For reference, on July 15, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Iskateley typically range from 47°F to 61°F, while on January 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from -7°F to 5°F.

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

Nome, United States (3,113 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Iskateley (view comparison).

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The month of May in Iskateley experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 69% to 60%.

The clearest day of the month is May 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 40% of the time.

For reference, on January 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88%, while on July 5, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 44%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Iskateley, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is increasing, starting the month at 21% and ending it at 26%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on August 23, and its lowest chance is 12% on February 7.

Over the course of May in Iskateley, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 7% to 22%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain decreases from 7% to 2%, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 7% to 2%.

Rainfall

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

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during May in Iskateley is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.2 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 1.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.1 inches or falls below 0.6 inches.

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 May in Iskateley is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 5.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.2 inches or falls below 0.7 inches, and ending the month at 1.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches.

Due to its extreme latitude, Iskateley experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer and polar night during the winter. These are periods of time in which the sun is continuously above or below the horizon for more than one day. The precise start and end dates of polar day and night vary from year to year and depend on the precise location and elevation of the observer, and the local topography.

In the summer in Iskateley during 2024, the Sun is continuously above the horizon for 1.6 months, rising at 11:25 PM on May 27, and not setting again until 11:07 PM on July 15. As such, polar day begins in May and lasts beyond the end of the month.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 17 hours, 58 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Iskateley is 2:26 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 3 hours, 1 minute earlier at 11:25 PM on May 28.

The earliest sunset is 8:25 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 58 minutes later at 11:22 PM on May 27.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Iskateley during 2024.

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 May 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 Iskateley is essentially constant during May, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 13, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 6% 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 in Iskateley is essentially constant during May, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 11.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 8, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.9 miles per hour, while on July 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.1 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Iskateley during May is predominantly out of the west from May 1 to May 6 and the north from May 6 to May 31.

Iskateley 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 in Iskateley is gradually increasing during May, rising by 2°F, from 30°F to 32°F, over the course of the month.

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 Iskateley typically lasts for 3.2 months (99 days), from around June 8 to around September 15, rarely starting before May 22 or after June 24, and rarely ending before August 27 or after October 5.

The month of May in Iskateley is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly increasing from 0% to 27% over the course of the month.

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 Iskateley are essentially constant during May, remaining within 7°F of 7°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 Iskateley is gradually increasing during May, rising by 1.0 kWh, from 4.0 kWh to 5.0 kWh, over the course of the month.