February Weather at Savoonga Airport United States

Daily high temperatures are around 10°F, rarely falling below -10°F or exceeding 30°F.

Daily low temperatures are around -0°F, rarely falling below -19°F or exceeding 21°F.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Savoonga Airport typically range from 44°F to 52°F, while on January 25, the coldest day of the year, they range from -2°F to 8°F.

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

Utsjoki, Finland (3,171 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Savoonga Airport (view comparison).

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The month of February at Savoonga Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 85% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is February 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 17% of the time.

For reference, on December 27, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 87%, while on October 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 37%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Savoonga Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 17% and ending it at 14%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 31% on August 19, and its lowest chance is 11% on March 16.

Over the course of February at Savoonga Airport, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 0% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 2% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 15% to 12%.

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 February at Savoonga Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.4 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 0.1 inches on February 23.

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 February at Savoonga Airport is decreasing, starting the month at 8.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 15.8 inches or falls below 2.2 inches, and ending the month at 7.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 14.3 inches or falls below 0.9 inches.

Over the course of February at Savoonga Airport, 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, 59 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 6 minutes, 23 seconds, and weekly increase of 44 minutes, 39 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 7 hours, 14 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 10 hours, 12 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Savoonga Airport is 10:59 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 30 minutes earlier at 9:28 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 6:12 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 28 minutes later at 7:41 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is observed at Savoonga Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during February, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:00 AM and sets 20 hours, 47 minutes later, at 1:47 AM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 12:09 PM and sets 4 hours, 22 minutes later, at 4:31 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 February 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 at Savoonga Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

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 at Savoonga Airport is gradually decreasing during February, decreasing from 19.1 miles per hour to 18.5 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 18, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 20.3 miles per hour, while on June 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Savoonga Airport throughout February is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 55% on February 8.

Savoonga Airport 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 at Savoonga Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining around 30°F throughout.

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 at Savoonga Airport typically lasts for 3.4 months (104 days), from around June 10 to around September 21, rarely starting before May 26 or after June 24, and rarely ending before August 27 or after October 13.

The month of February at Savoonga Airport 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 at Savoonga Airport are essentially constant during February, 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 at Savoonga Airport is gradually increasing during February, rising by 0.9 kWh, from 0.3 kWh to 1.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Savoonga Airport are 63.686 deg latitude, -170.492 deg longitude, and 43 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Savoonga Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 390 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 84 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,208 feet). Within 50 miles also contains large variations in elevation (2,162 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Savoonga Airport is covered by water (53%) and shrubs (39%), within 10 miles by water (60%) and bare soil (16%), and within 50 miles by water (82%).