January Weather in Kokshetau KazakhstanDaily high temperatures are around 12°F, rarely falling below -3°F or exceeding 28°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 12°F on January 16. Daily low temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 0°F to -2°F, rarely falling below -19°F or exceeding 16°F. For reference, on June 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kokshetau typically range from 59°F to 80°F, while on February 6, the coldest day of the year, they range from -2°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. Saskatoon, Canada (5,155 miles away) and Headingley, Canada (5,274 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kokshetau (view comparison). CloudsThe month of January in Kokshetau experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 77% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 78% on January 2. The clearest day of the month is January 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 24% of the time. For reference, on January 2, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 78%, while on July 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 63%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kokshetau, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 7% and ending it at 5%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 26% on July 7, and its lowest chance is 3% on February 26. SnowfallAs 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 Kokshetau is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 2.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.3 inches, and ending the month at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.6 inches or falls below 0.1 inches. SunOver the course of January in Kokshetau, 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, 16 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 32 seconds, and weekly increase of 17 minutes, 47 seconds. The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 7 hours, 37 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 8 hours, 53 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month in Kokshetau is 9:37 AM on January 1 and the earliest sunrise is 28 minutes earlier at 9:09 AM on January 31. The earliest sunset is 5:14 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 48 minutes later at 6:02 PM on January 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Kokshetau during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:54 AM and sets 17 hours, 0 minutes later, at 9:53 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:35 AM and sets 7 hours, 31 minutes later, at 5:05 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. MoonThe 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.
HumidityWe 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 Kokshetau is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 17, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on September 11, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time. WindThis 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 Kokshetau is gradually decreasing during January, decreasing from 14.3 miles per hour to 13.6 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on December 15, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 14.4 miles per hour, while on July 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.7 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Kokshetau throughout January is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 48% on January 1. Growing SeasonDefinitions 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 Kokshetau typically lasts for 4.8 months (148 days), from around May 2 to around September 26, rarely starting before April 13 or after May 21, and rarely ending before September 9 or after October 15. The month of January in Kokshetau 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 Kokshetau are essentially constant during January, remaining around 0°F throughout. Solar EnergyThis 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 Kokshetau is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 0.7 kWh to 1.3 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kokshetau are 53.283 deg latitude, 69.400 deg longitude, and 768 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Kokshetau contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 289 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 772 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (600 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,605 feet). The area within 2 miles of Kokshetau is covered by artificial surfaces (87%), within 10 miles by cropland (49%) and grassland (15%), and within 50 miles by cropland (54%) and trees (17%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Kokshetau, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere is only a single weather station, Petropavlosk South Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Kokshetau. At a distance of 173 kilometers from Kokshetau, further than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed insufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. Consequently, the station records are blended with interpolated values from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis , and both are corrected for elevation differences according to the International Standard Atmosphere . The weight assigned to the MERRA-2 value depends on the distance from Kokshetau to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 31%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 69%. Other DataAll data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus. All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid. Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database . Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com . Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors. DisclaimerThe information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. 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