March Weather in Kurchatov RussiaDaily high temperatures increase by 15°F, from 30°F to 45°F, rarely falling below 19°F or exceeding 56°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 13°F, from 15°F to 28°F, rarely falling below -0°F or exceeding 37°F. For reference, on July 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kurchatov typically range from 59°F to 79°F, while on February 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 9°F to 23°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on March. 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. Athens, United States (5,022 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Kurchatov (view comparison). CloudsThe month of March in Kurchatov experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 73% to 61%. The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 39% of the time. For reference, on December 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 77%, while on August 2, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 68%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kurchatov, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually increasing, starting the month at 17% and ending it at 19%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on June 27, and its lowest chance is 17% on March 21. Over the course of March in Kurchatov, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 5% to 13%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 4% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 8% to 2%. RainfallTo 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 March in Kurchatov is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.2 inches, and ending the month at 0.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.9 inches or falls below 0.3 inches. SnowfallAs with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day. The average sliding 31-day snowfall during March in Kurchatov is decreasing, starting the month at 5.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.1 inches or falls below 1.2 inches, and ending the month at 2.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.7 inches or falls below -0.0 inches. SunOver the course of March in Kurchatov, 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, 59 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 59 seconds, and weekly increase of 27 minutes, 53 seconds. The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 10 hours, 56 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 56 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month in Kurchatov is 7:22 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 8 minutes earlier at 6:14 AM on March 31. The earliest sunset is 6:18 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 52 minutes later at 7:09 PM on March 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Kurchatov during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:18 AM and sets 16 hours, 40 minutes later, at 8:59 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:41 AM and sets 7 hours, 48 minutes later, at 4:29 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. MoonThe figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for March 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.
HumidityWe 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 Kurchatov is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 8% of the time, while on September 23, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time. WindThis 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 Kurchatov is decreasing during March, decreasing from 11.7 miles per hour to 10.5 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on February 2, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.6 miles per hour, while on July 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.0 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Kurchatov throughout March is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 30% on March 31. Growing SeasonDefinitions 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 Kurchatov typically lasts for 5.4 months (165 days), from around April 27 to around October 9, rarely starting before April 10 or after May 14, and rarely ending before September 19 or after October 27. The month of March in Kurchatov 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 Kurchatov are essentially constant during March, remaining within 3°F of 3°F throughout. Solar EnergyThis 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 Kurchatov is increasing during March, rising by 1.4 kWh, from 2.4 kWh to 3.8 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kurchatov are 51.660 deg latitude, 35.652 deg longitude, and 548 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Kurchatov contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 98 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 526 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (413 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,004 feet). The area within 2 miles of Kurchatov is covered by water (38%), cropland (35%), and trees (11%), within 10 miles by cropland (65%) and trees (20%), and within 50 miles by cropland (75%) and grassland (12%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Kurchatov, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Kurchatov is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Kurchatov, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . 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. 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 . 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