February Weather at Norilsk-Alykel Airport Russia

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from -5°F to -2°F, rarely falling below -27°F or exceeding 17°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 2°F, from -17°F to -14°F, rarely falling below -39°F or exceeding 7°F.

For reference, on July 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Norilsk-Alykel Airport typically range from 51°F to 64°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from -18°F to -7°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.

Rankin Inlet, Canada (3,312 miles away) and Iqaluit, Canada (3,172 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Norilsk-Alykel Airport (view comparison).

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The month of February at Norilsk-Alykel Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 78% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 76% on February 21.

The clearest day of the month is February 21, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 24% of the time.

For reference, on November 2, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on July 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 49%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Norilsk-Alykel Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually increasing, starting the month at 12% and ending it at 15%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on August 25, and its lowest chance is 11% on January 8.

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 Norilsk-Alykel Airport is gradually increasing, starting the month at 5.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.7 inches or falls below 0.5 inches, and ending the month at 6.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.4 inches or falls below 0.9 inches.

Due to its extreme latitude, Norilsk-Alykel Airport experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer and polar night during the winter. These are periods of time in which the sun is continuously above or below the horizon for more than one day. 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 February.

Over the course of February at Norilsk-Alykel 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 4 hours, 20 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 9 minutes, 16 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 hour, 4 minutes, 54 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 5 hours, 11 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 9 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Norilsk-Alykel Airport is 10:49 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 2 hours, 11 minutes earlier at 8:38 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 4:00 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 9 minutes later at 6:09 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Norilsk-Alykel Airport during 2024.

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 Norilsk-Alykel Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 26, 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 Norilsk-Alykel Airport is gradually decreasing during February, decreasing from 13.3 miles per hour to 12.6 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 13, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 14.4 miles per hour, while on August 14, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Norilsk-Alykel Airport throughout February is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 71% on February 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 Norilsk-Alykel Airport typically lasts for 3.0 months (92 days), from around June 8 to around September 8, rarely starting before May 23 or after June 24, and rarely ending before August 22 or after September 25.

The month of February at Norilsk-Alykel 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 Norilsk-Alykel 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 Norilsk-Alykel Airport is gradually increasing during February, rising by 0.7 kWh, from 0.1 kWh to 0.8 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Norilsk-Alykel Airport are 69.311 deg latitude, 87.332 deg longitude, and 561 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Norilsk-Alykel Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 292 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 462 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,138 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,789 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Norilsk-Alykel Airport is covered by grassland (66%) and trees (24%), within 10 miles by grassland (66%) and shrubs (19%), and within 50 miles by grassland (63%) and shrubs (17%).