August Weather at Russian Mission Airport United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 64°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 73°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 49°F to 44°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 55°F.

For reference, on June 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Russian Mission Airport typically range from 48°F to 66°F, while on January 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from -2°F to 13°F.

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

Pajala, Sweden (3,525 miles away) and Borovoy, Russia (3,622 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Russian Mission Airport (view comparison).

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The month of August at Russian Mission Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 66% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is August 12, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 35% of the time.

For reference, on December 16, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 72%, while on May 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 41%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Russian Mission Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 35% and ending it at 32%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 36% on August 10, and its lowest chance is 13% on April 3.

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 August at Russian Mission Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 2.7 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 5.0 inches or falling below 0.8 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.9 inches on August 14.

Over the course of August at Russian Mission Airport, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 2 hours, 51 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 5 minutes, 43 seconds, and weekly decrease of 39 minutes, 59 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 14 hours, 19 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 17 hours, 11 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Russian Mission Airport is 6:15 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 20 minutes later at 7:34 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 11:25 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 32 minutes earlier at 9:54 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Russian Mission Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:57 AM and sets 19 hours, 38 minutes later, at 12:36 AM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 11:06 AM and sets 5 hours, 14 minutes later, at 4:20 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 August 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 Russian Mission Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 5, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 at Russian Mission Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 9.0 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on January 27, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.8 miles per hour, while on June 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Russian Mission Airport throughout August is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 37% on August 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 at Russian Mission Airport typically lasts for 3.8 months (117 days), from around May 23 to around September 17, rarely starting before May 7 or after June 8, and rarely ending before August 28 or after October 5.

The month of August at Russian Mission Airport is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season decreasing from 100% to 87% 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 at Russian Mission Airport are gradually increasing during August, increasing by 136°F, from 450°F to 586°F, over the course of the month.

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 Russian Mission Airport is decreasing during August, falling by 1.1 kWh, from 4.1 kWh to 3.0 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Russian Mission Airport are 61.780 deg latitude, -161.318 deg longitude, and 43 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Russian Mission Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 312 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 64 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,470 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,533 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Russian Mission Airport is covered by herbaceous vegetation (34%), trees (26%), water (22%), and shrubs (10%), within 10 miles by trees (36%) and herbaceous vegetation (34%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (41%) and herbaceous vegetation (27%).