April Weather in Yel’sk Belarus

Daily high temperatures increase by 13°F, from 48°F to 61°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 73°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 10°F, from 34°F to 44°F, rarely falling below 26°F or exceeding 53°F.

For reference, on July 26, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Yel’sk typically range from 59°F to 78°F, while on February 2, the coldest day of the year, they range from 19°F to 29°F.

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

Salamanca, United States (4,651 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Yel’sk (view comparison).

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The month of April in Yel’sk experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 60% to 49%.

The clearest day of the month is April 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 51% of the time.

For reference, on November 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 75%, while on August 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 64%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Yel’sk, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is gradually increasing, starting the month at 20% and ending it at 24%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 35% on June 27, and its lowest chance is 16% on January 14.

Over the course of April in Yel’sk, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 17% to 24%, 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 1% throughout.

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 April in Yel’sk is gradually increasing, starting the month at 1.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.0 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the month at 1.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.5 inches or falls below 0.6 inches.

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 April in Yel’sk is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.1 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.3 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of April in Yel’sk, 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, 51 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 50 seconds, and weekly increase of 26 minutes, 50 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is April 1, with 13 hours, 0 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 30, with 14 hours, 51 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Yel’sk is 6:37 AM on April 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 2 minutes earlier at 5:35 AM on April 30.

The earliest sunset is 7:37 PM on April 1 and the latest sunset is 49 minutes later at 8:26 PM on April 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Yel’sk during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:44 AM and sets 16 hours, 42 minutes later, at 9:26 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:08 AM and sets 7 hours, 46 minutes later, at 4:54 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 April 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 Yel’sk is essentially constant during April, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 5% 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 in Yel’sk is decreasing during April, decreasing from 10.1 miles per hour to 9.1 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.3 miles per hour, while on July 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.2 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Yel’sk during April is predominantly out of the west from April 1 to April 2, the south from April 2 to April 26, and the north from April 26 to April 30.

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 Yel’sk typically lasts for 6.0 months (184 days), from around April 15 to around October 16, rarely starting before March 28 or after May 4, and rarely ending before September 27 or after November 3.

During April in Yel’sk, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 16% to 84% 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 in Yel’sk are gradually increasing during April, increasing by 88°F, from 12°F to 101°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 in Yel’sk is rapidly increasing during April, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 3.7 kWh to 5.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Yel’sk are 51.814 deg latitude, 29.152 deg longitude, and 469 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Yel’sk contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 121 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 468 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (207 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (781 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Yel’sk is covered by cropland (44%), trees (30%), and artificial surfaces (13%), within 10 miles by trees (56%) and cropland (32%), and within 50 miles by trees (56%) and cropland (31%).