February Weather in Kirovsk Russia

Daily high temperatures increase by 6°F, from 13°F to 19°F, rarely falling below -6°F or exceeding 32°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 6°F, from -2°F to 4°F, rarely falling below -25°F or exceeding 22°F.

For reference, on July 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kirovsk typically range from 46°F to 61°F, while on January 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from -3°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 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.

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The month of February in Kirovsk experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 87% to 82%.

The clearest day of the month is February 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 18% of the time.

For reference, on January 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 87%, while on July 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 47%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kirovsk, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is essentially constant, remaining around 14% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 37% on July 11, and its lowest chance is 13% on February 25.

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 in Kirovsk is essentially constant, remaining about 6.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 13.0 inches or falling below 1.2 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 5.8 inches on February 17.

Due to its extreme latitude, Kirovsk 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 in Kirovsk, 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 3 hours, 48 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 8 minutes, 8 seconds, and weekly increase of 56 minutes, 54 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 5 hours, 58 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 9 hours, 45 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Kirovsk is 10:00 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 55 minutes earlier at 8:05 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 3:58 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 53 minutes later at 5:51 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Kirovsk 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 in Kirovsk is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 24, 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 in Kirovsk is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.1 miles per hour, while on August 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.7 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during February is 6.8 miles per hour on February 19.

The hourly average wind direction in Kirovsk throughout February is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 40% on February 23.

Kirovsk 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 in Kirovsk is essentially constant during February, remaining around 32°F throughout.

The lowest average surface water temperature during February is 32°F on February 28.

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 Kirovsk typically lasts for 2.5 months (75 days), from around June 12 to around August 26, rarely starting before May 26 or after June 30, and rarely ending before August 7 or after September 15.

The month of February in Kirovsk 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 in Kirovsk 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 in Kirovsk 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 Kirovsk are 67.615 deg latitude, 33.673 deg longitude, and 1,178 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kirovsk contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,300 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,500 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (3,524 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (3,940 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kirovsk is covered by water (36%), grassland (24%), herbaceous vegetation (16%), and shrubs (14%), within 10 miles by trees (35%) and bare soil (20%), and within 50 miles by trees (53%) and water (23%).