January Weather in Shilka Russia

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 0°F to 4°F, rarely falling below -13°F or exceeding 15°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is -1°F on January 9.

Daily low temperatures are around -17°F, rarely falling below -31°F or exceeding -4°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is -19°F on January 18.

For reference, on July 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Shilka typically range from 59°F to 81°F, while on January 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from -19°F to 0°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.

Fort Smith, Canada (4,268 miles away) and Flin Flon, Canada (4,761 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Shilka (view comparison).

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The month of January in Shilka experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 48% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46% on January 23.

The clearest day of the month is January 23, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time.

For reference, on March 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 53%, while on October 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 56%.

Over the course of January in Shilka, 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, 11 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 22 seconds, and weekly increase of 16 minutes, 34 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 7 hours, 52 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 9 hours, 3 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Shilka is 9:23 AM on January 1 and the earliest sunrise is 25 minutes earlier at 8:58 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:14 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 46 minutes later at 6:00 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Shilka during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:56 AM and sets 16 hours, 42 minutes later, at 9:38 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:20 AM and sets 7 hours, 46 minutes later, at 5:07 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 Shilka is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% of the time, while on September 6, 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 Shilka is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 7.1 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.7 miles per hour, while on August 9, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during January is 6.8 miles per hour on January 5.

The hourly average wind direction in Shilka throughout January is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 49% on January 1.

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 Shilka typically lasts for 4.1 months (127 days), from around May 14 to around September 18, rarely starting before April 28 or after May 30, and rarely ending before September 3 or after October 2.

The month of January in Shilka 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 Shilka 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 Shilka is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.7 kWh, from 1.0 kWh to 1.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Shilka are 51.850 deg latitude, 116.033 deg longitude, and 1,614 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shilka contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 374 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,666 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,588 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,864 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shilka is covered by cropland (62%), grassland (20%), and trees (17%), within 10 miles by cropland (38%) and trees (38%), and within 50 miles by trees (33%) and cropland (31%).