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May Weather in Novyy Urengoy Russia

Daily high temperatures increase by 18°F, from 28°F to 46°F, rarely falling below 17°F or exceeding 62°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 18°F, from 15°F to 33°F, rarely falling below 1°F or exceeding 44°F.

For reference, on July 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Novyy Urengoy typically range from 51°F to 67°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from -18°F to -5°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in May in Novyy Urengoy

Average High and Low Temperature in May in Novyy UrengoyMay1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930303131-20°F-20°F-10°F-10°F0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°FAprJunMay 128°FMay 128°F15°F15°FMay 3146°FMay 3146°F33°F33°FMay 1132°FMay 1132°F20°F20°FMay 2138°FMay 2138°F26°F26°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in May in Novyy Urengoy

Average Hourly Temperature in May in Novyy UrengoyMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunfrigidfrigidfreezingvery coldcoldcool
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Norman Wells, Canada (3,289 miles away); Kugluktuk, Canada (3,170 miles); and Yellowknife, Canada (3,542 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Novyy Urengoy (view comparison).

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The month of May in Novyy Urengoy experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 73% to 66%.

The clearest day of the month is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 34% of the time.

For reference, on November 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 87%, while on July 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 47%.

Cloud Cover Categories in May in Novyy Urengoy

Cloud Cover Categories in May in Novyy UrengoyMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJunMay 127%May 127%May 3134%May 3134%May 1129%May 1129%May 2131%May 2131%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Novyy Urengoy, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 21% and ending it at 32%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on June 8, and its lowest chance is 7% on February 9.

Over the course of May in Novyy Urengoy, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 3% to 24%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 6% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 12% to 3%.

Probability of Precipitation in May in Novyy Urengoy

The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 Novyy Urengoy is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 0.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.0 inches, and ending the month at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.4 inches or falls below 0.9 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in May in Novyy Urengoy

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

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 Novyy Urengoy is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 8.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 15.6 inches or falls below 2.1 inches, and ending the month at 3.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.8 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Average Monthly Snowfall in May in Novyy Urengoy

The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.

Due to its extreme latitude, Novyy Urengoy experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer. 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.

Neither polar day nor polar night occur during the month of May.

Over the course of May in Novyy Urengoy, 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 4 hours, 8 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 8 minutes, 17 seconds, and weekly increase of 57 minutes, 59 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 17 hours, 25 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 21 hours, 34 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in May in Novyy Urengoy

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month in Novyy Urengoy is 3:09 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 2 hours, 3 minutes earlier at 1:06 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 8:34 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 6 minutes later at 10:40 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Novyy Urengoy during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in May in Novyy Urengoy

The solar day over the course of May. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in Novyy Urengoy

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in Novyy UrengoyMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJun00101020202030304000010102020303040
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of May 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May in Novyy Urengoy

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May in Novyy UrengoyMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunApr 811:22 PMApr 811:22 PMApr 244:50 AMApr 244:50 AMMay 88:23 AMMay 88:23 AMJun 65:38 PMJun 65:38 PM4:54 AM4:54 AM6:45 PM6:45 PM7:33 PM7:33 PM3:27 AM3:27 AM2:16 AM2:16 AM11:06 PM11:06 PM12:00 AM12:00 AM12:00 AM12:00 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
May 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
50%5:22 AMS6:36 AMS-5:59 AMS233,196 mi
2
43%4:12 AMSE9:39 AMSW-6:55 AMS230,777 mi
3
32%3:47 AMSE11:53 AMWSW-7:49 AMS228,621 mi
4
21%3:29 AMESE1:56 PMWSW-8:39 AMS226,923 mi
5
12%3:13 AME3:57 PMW-9:28 AMS225,890 mi
6
5%2:57 AMENE6:01 PMWNW-10:17 AMS225,700 mi
7
1%2:40 AMENE8:16 PMNW-11:08 AMS226,463 mi
8
0%2:16 AMNE11:06 PMNNW-12:00 PMS228,190 mi
9
2%1:23 AMNNE--12:56 PMS230,772 mi
10
7%1:53 PMS233,995 mi
11
13%2:51 PMS237,570 mi
12
22%3:46 PMS241,179 mi
13
31%4:38 PMS244,524 mi
14
41%-4:10 AMNNW6:17 AMNNE5:26 PMS247,360 mi
15
50%-3:20 AMNW8:44 AMNE6:10 PMS249,510 mi
16
60%-2:57 AMNW10:36 AMNE6:51 PMS250,873 mi
17
70%-2:41 AMWNW12:16 PMENE7:30 PMS251,418 mi
18
78%-2:27 AMW1:52 PME8:08 PMS251,179 mi
19
86%-2:14 AMW3:27 PME8:47 PMS250,241 mi
20
92%-2:00 AMWSW5:06 PMESE9:27 PMS248,730 mi
21
97%-1:45 AMWSW6:55 PMSE10:11 PMS246,795 mi
22
99%-1:26 AMSW9:03 PMSSE10:59 PMS244,592 mi
23
100%-12:54 AMSSW-11:52 PMS242,272 mi
24
99%--
25
98%12:49 AMS239,962 mi
26
94%1:51 AMS237,762 mi
27
88%2:53 AMS235,734 mi
28
79%3:54 AMS233,909 mi
29
69%2:33 AMSSE7:10 AMSSW-4:51 AMS232,303 mi
30
50%2:04 AMSE9:27 AMSW-5:45 AMS230,932 mi
31
46%1:45 AMESE11:30 AMWSW-6:35 AMS229,834 mi

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

For reference, on July 27, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on September 3, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in Novyy Urengoy

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in Novyy UrengoyMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%AprJunMay 10%May 10%May 310%May 310%May 110%May 110%May 210%May 210%drydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Novyy Urengoy is decreasing during May, decreasing from 12.6 miles per hour to 11.5 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 11, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.8 miles per hour, while on August 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.2 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in May in Novyy Urengoy

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Novyy Urengoy throughout May is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 38% on May 23.

Wind Direction in May in Novyy Urengoy

Wind Direction in May in Novyy UrengoyWNMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%AprJunwestsouthnortheast
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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 Novyy Urengoy typically lasts for 3.1 months (95 days), from around June 6 to around September 10, rarely starting before May 22 or after June 22, and rarely ending before August 23 or after September 28.

The month of May in Novyy Urengoy 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 31% over the course of the month.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Novyy Urengoy

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Novyy UrengoyMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJunMay 10%May 10%May 3131%May 3131%May 111%May 111%May 218%May 218%50%Jun 650%Jun 690%Jun 2290%Jun 22frigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolwarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within 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 Novyy Urengoy are essentially constant during May, remaining within 7°F of 8°F throughout.

Growing Degree Days in May in Novyy Urengoy

Growing Degree Days in May in Novyy UrengoyMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310°F0°F5°F5°F10°F10°F15°F15°F20°F20°F25°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°FAprJunMay 10°FMay 10°FMay 3115°FMay 3115°FMay 111°FMay 111°FMay 214°FMay 214°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of May, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Novyy Urengoy is gradually increasing during May, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 4.3 kWh to 4.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in Novyy Urengoy

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in Novyy UrengoyMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhAprJunMay 14.3 kWhMay 14.3 kWhMay 314.9 kWhMay 314.9 kWhMay 114.6 kWhMay 114.6 kWhMay 214.7 kWhMay 214.7 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Novyy Urengoy are 66.083 deg latitude, 76.633 deg longitude, and 167 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Novyy Urengoy is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 56 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 161 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (148 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (433 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Novyy Urengoy is covered by grassland (75%) and bare soil (16%), within 10 miles by grassland (49%) and shrubs (14%), and within 50 miles by grassland (42%) and shrubs (17%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Novyy Urengoy, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Novy Urengoy Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Novyy Urengoy.

At a distance of 6 kilometers from Novyy Urengoy, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Novyy Urengoy according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

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.

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.

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