April Weather in Turtas RussiaDaily high temperatures increase by 19°F, from 30°F to 49°F, rarely falling below 19°F or exceeding 64°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 14°F, from 17°F to 31°F, rarely falling below 3°F or exceeding 41°F. For reference, on July 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Turtas typically range from 55°F to 72°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from -11°F to 2°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on April. 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. Fort Smith, Canada (4,223 miles away) and Flin Flon, Canada (4,570 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Turtas (view comparison). CloudsThe month of April in Turtas experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 77% to 61%. The clearest day of the month is April 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 39% of the time. For reference, on January 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88%, while on July 20, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 54%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Turtas, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 25%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on June 2, and its lowest chance is 9% on January 30. Over the course of April in Turtas, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 1% to 18%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 5% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 10% to 2%. RainfallTo 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 April in Turtas is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.5 inches, and ending the month at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches or falls below 0.5 inches. 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 April in Turtas is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 5.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.6 inches or falls below 0.9 inches, and ending the month at 2.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.2 inches or falls below -0.0 inches. SunOver the course of April in Turtas, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 29 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 5 minutes, 8 seconds, and weekly increase of 35 minutes, 56 seconds. The shortest day of the month is April 1, with 13 hours, 17 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 30, with 15 hours, 46 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month in Turtas is 5:49 AM on April 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 21 minutes earlier at 4:28 AM on April 30. The earliest sunset is 7:06 PM on April 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 8 minutes later at 8:14 PM on April 30. Daylight saving time is not observed in Turtas during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:10 AM and sets 18 hours, 29 minutes later, at 9:39 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:15 AM and sets 6 hours, 12 minutes later, at 3:27 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 April 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 Turtas is essentially constant during April, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 12% of the time, while on September 21, 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 Turtas is gradually decreasing during April, decreasing from 6.1 miles per hour to 5.6 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on March 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.4 miles per hour, while on July 22, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.1 miles per hour. The wind direction in Turtas during April is predominantly out of the south from April 1 to April 20 and the west from April 20 to April 30. 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 Turtas typically lasts for 4.0 months (121 days), from around May 22 to around September 21, rarely starting before May 6 or after June 8, and rarely ending before September 4 or after October 9. The month of April in Turtas is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season gradually increasing from 0% to 4% 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 Turtas are essentially constant during April, remaining within 8°F of 9°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 Turtas is increasing during April, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 3.1 kWh to 4.5 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Turtas are 58.939 deg latitude, 69.134 deg longitude, and 200 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Turtas contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 128 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 180 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (249 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (292 feet). The area within 2 miles of Turtas is covered by trees (78%) and herbaceous vegetation (13%), within 10 miles by trees (92%), and within 50 miles by trees (78%) and herbaceous vegetation (11%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Turtas, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Turtas is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Turtas, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . All 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. 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 . 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