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January Weather at Shirak Airport Armenia

Daily high temperatures are around 28°F, rarely falling below 18°F or exceeding 39°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 28°F on January 15.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 12°F to 8°F, rarely falling below -6°F or exceeding 24°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 8°F on January 25.

For reference, on July 28, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Shirak Airport typically range from 58°F to 83°F, while on January 24, the coldest day of the year, they range from 8°F to 28°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in January at Shirak Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in January at Shirak AirportJan1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930303131-10°F-10°F-5°F-5°F0°F0°F5°F5°F10°F10°F15°F15°F20°F20°F25°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°FDecFebJan 1528°FJan 1528°F9°F9°FJan 129°FJan 129°F12°F12°FJan 3129°FJan 3129°F8°F8°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 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.

Average Hourly Temperature in January at Shirak Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in January at Shirak AirportJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMDecFebfrigidfreezingvery coldvery cold
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.

Chinook, Montana, United States (6,056 miles away); Black River Falls, Wisconsin, United States (5,930 miles); and Fryeburg, Maine, United States (5,327 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Shirak Airport (view comparison).

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The month of January at Shirak Airport 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 clearest day of the month is January 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 53% of the time.

For reference, on April 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 54%, while on August 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 96%.

Cloud Cover Categories in January at Shirak Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in January at Shirak AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%DecFebJan 153%Jan 153%Jan 3151%Jan 3151%Jan 1152%Jan 1152%Jan 2151%Jan 2151%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. At Shirak Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 9% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 28% on May 18, and its lowest chance is 8% on February 16.

Over the course of January at Shirak Airport, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 7% throughout.

Probability of Precipitation in January at Shirak Airport

Probability of Precipitation in January at Shirak AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%1%1%2%2%3%3%4%4%5%5%6%6%7%7%8%8%9%9%10%10%11%11%DecFebJan 19%Jan 19%Jan 3110%Jan 3110%Jan 118%Jan 118%Jan 219%Jan 219%snowmixedrain
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 January at Shirak Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.4 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in January at Shirak Airport

Average Monthly Rainfall in January at Shirak AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 in2.5 in2.5 in3.0 in3.0 in3.5 in3.5 inDecFebJan 10.1 inJan 10.1 inJan 310.1 inJan 310.1 inJan 110.1 inJan 110.1 inJan 210.1 inJan 210.1 in
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 January at Shirak Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 3.4 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 9.0 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 3.5 inches on January 31.

Average Monthly Snowfall in January at Shirak Airport

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.

Over the course of January at Shirak Airport, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 45 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 30 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 32 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 9 hours, 19 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 4 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in January at Shirak Airport

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 at Shirak Airport is 8:28 AM on January 5 and the earliest sunrise is 13 minutes earlier at 8:16 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:47 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 33 minutes later at 6:19 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Shirak Airport during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:33 AM and sets 15 hours, 6 minutes later, at 8:39 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:25 AM and sets 9 hours, 15 minutes later, at 5:40 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in January at Shirak Airport

The solar day over the course of January. 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 January at Shirak Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in January at Shirak AirportJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMDecFeb001010202020300001010202030
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of January 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 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in January at Shirak Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in January at Shirak AirportJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMDecFebDec 133:33 AMDec 133:33 AMDec 274:34 AMDec 274:34 AMJan 113:58 PMJan 113:58 PMJan 259:55 PMJan 259:55 PMFeb 103:00 AMFeb 103:00 AMFeb 244:31 PMFeb 244:31 PM8:57 AM8:57 AM5:42 PM5:42 PM4:50 PM4:50 PM9:05 AM9:05 AM8:43 AM8:43 AM5:37 PM5:37 PM5:42 PM5:42 PM9:04 AM9:04 AM8:39 AM8:39 AM7:09 PM7:09 PM6:43 PM6:43 PM8:20 AM8:20 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.
Jan 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
78%-11:51 AMWNW11:01 PME4:59 AMS251,469 mi
2
69%-12:11 PMW-5:39 AMS251,533 mi
3
60%12:01 AME12:30 PMW-6:18 AMS250,793 mi
4
50%1:01 AME12:49 PMW-6:57 AMS249,224 mi
5
41%2:02 AMESE1:10 PMWSW-7:37 AMS246,866 mi
6
31%3:06 AMESE1:34 PMWSW-8:20 AMS243,833 mi
7
21%4:13 AMESE2:02 PMWSW-9:08 AMS240,314 mi
8
13%5:24 AMESE2:39 PMSW-10:01 AMS236,565 mi
9
6%6:35 AMSE3:26 PMSW-11:00 AMS232,901 mi
10
2%7:43 AMSE4:25 PMSW-12:04 PMS229,659 mi
11
0%8:43 AMSE5:37 PMSW-1:10 PMS227,151 mi
12
1%9:32 AMESE6:56 PMWSW-2:14 PMS225,600 mi
13
5%10:11 AMESE8:17 PMWSW-3:14 PMS225,102 mi
14
12%10:43 AMESE9:36 PMWSW-4:09 PMS225,614 mi
15
22%11:10 AME10:52 PMW-4:59 PMS226,985 mi
16
32%11:34 AME--5:47 PMS228,996 mi
17
44%-12:05 AMW11:58 AME6:34 PMS231,414 mi
18
50%-1:18 AMWNW12:22 PMENE7:22 PMS234,027 mi
19
66%-2:30 AMWNW12:49 PMENE8:11 PMS236,670 mi
20
76%-3:42 AMWNW1:21 PMENE9:02 PMS239,230 mi
21
85%-4:52 AMWNW1:58 PMNE9:56 PMS241,644 mi
22
92%-5:59 AMNW2:44 PMNE10:51 PMS243,883 mi
23
96%-6:59 AMNW3:38 PMNE11:45 PMS245,932 mi
24
98%-7:49 AMNW4:38 PMNE--
25
100%-8:31 AMNW5:42 PMENE12:38 AMS247,774 mi
26
100%-9:04 AMWNW6:47 PMENE1:27 AMS249,379 mi
27
99%-9:32 AMWNW7:50 PMENE2:13 AMS250,690 mi
28
96%-9:55 AMWNW8:51 PMENE2:56 AMS251,629 mi
29
91%-10:15 AMW9:52 PME3:36 AMS252,102 mi
30
84%-10:34 AMW10:51 PME4:15 AMS252,008 mi
31
77%-10:53 AMW11:51 PME4:53 AMS251,254 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 at Shirak Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 3, 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.

Humidity Comfort Levels in January at Shirak Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in January at Shirak AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%DecFebJan 10%Jan 10%Jan 310%Jan 310%Jan 110%Jan 110%Jan 210%Jan 210%drydry
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 at Shirak Airport is gradually increasing during January, increasing from 6.3 miles per hour to 6.9 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on March 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour, while on October 22, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.8 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in January at Shirak Airport

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 at Shirak Airport throughout January is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 45% on January 2.

Wind Direction in January at Shirak Airport

Wind Direction in January at Shirak AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%DecFebwestsouthnortheast
northeastsouthwest
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 at Shirak Airport typically lasts for 5.2 months (161 days), from around May 2 to around October 10, rarely starting before April 12 or after May 25, and rarely ending before September 23 or after October 29.

The month of January at Shirak Airport is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January at Shirak Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January at Shirak AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%DecFeb0%Jan 160%Jan 160%Feb 80%Feb 8frigidfreezingvery cold
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 at Shirak Airport are essentially constant during January, remaining around 0°F throughout.

Growing Degree Days in January at Shirak Airport

Growing Degree Days in January at Shirak AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0°F0.0°F0.1°F0.1°F0.2°F0.2°F0.3°F0.3°F0.4°F0.4°F0.5°F0.5°F0.6°F0.6°F0.7°F0.7°F0.8°F0.8°F0.9°F0.9°F1.0°F1.0°FDecFebJan 10°FJan 10°FJan 310°FJan 310°FJan 110°FJan 110°FJan 210°FJan 210°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of January, 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 at Shirak Airport is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.7 kWh, from 2.2 kWh to 2.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January at Shirak Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January at Shirak AirportJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 kWh0.0 kWh0.5 kWh0.5 kWh1.0 kWh1.0 kWh1.5 kWh1.5 kWh2.0 kWh2.0 kWh2.5 kWh2.5 kWh3.0 kWh3.0 kWh3.5 kWh3.5 kWh4.0 kWh4.0 kWh4.5 kWh4.5 kWh5.0 kWh5.0 kWh5.5 kWh5.5 kWhDecFebJan 12.2 kWhJan 12.2 kWhJan 312.9 kWhJan 312.9 kWhJan 112.4 kWhJan 112.4 kWhJan 212.6 kWhJan 212.6 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 Shirak Airport are 40.751 deg latitude, 43.860 deg longitude, and 4,993 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shirak Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 157 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,982 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,835 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (11,109 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shirak Airport is covered by cropland (35%), shrubs (25%), grassland (22%), and trees (18%), within 10 miles by cropland (43%) and grassland (20%), and within 50 miles by cropland (35%) and grassland (25%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Shirak Airport, 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

Shirak Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back are Kars Airport, Zvartnots International Airport, Erebuni Airport, and Tbilisi.

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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