Spring Weather in Saratov Russia

Daily high temperatures increase by 47°F, from 26°F to 74°F, rarely falling below 14°F or exceeding 85°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 40°F, from 16°F to 56°F, rarely falling below 2°F or exceeding 66°F.

For reference, on July 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Saratov typically range from 64°F to 81°F, while on February 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from 10°F to 21°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring temperatures. 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.

Hammond, United States (5,329 miles away) and Ottawa, Canada (4,900 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Saratov (view comparison).

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The spring in Saratov experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 72% to 40%.

The clearest day of the spring is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 60% of the time.

For reference, on February 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 74%, while on July 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 72%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Saratov, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is gradually increasing, starting the season at 14% and ending it at 17%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 20% on September 23, and its lowest chance is 11% on March 23.

Over the course of the spring in Saratov, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 3% to 17%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 2% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 9% to 0%.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the spring in Saratov is increasing, starting the season at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.6 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches or falls below 0.2 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 the spring in Saratov is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 5.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.6 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the season at 0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of the spring in Saratov, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 5 hours, 22 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 32 seconds, and weekly increase of 24 minutes, 47 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 10 hours, 56 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 16 hours, 18 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Saratov is 6:40 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 2 hours, 56 minutes earlier at 3:44 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:36 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 26 minutes later at 8:03 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Saratov during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:38 AM and sets 16 hours, 39 minutes later, at 8:17 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:59 AM and sets 7 hours, 49 minutes later, at 3:48 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 the spring of 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 Saratov is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time, while on October 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 Saratov is rapidly decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 11.9 miles per hour to 9.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on February 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.1 miles per hour, while on July 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.5 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Saratov during the spring is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to March 14 and from April 5 to April 29; the west from March 14 to April 5, from April 29 to May 21, and from May 28 to May 31; and the north from May 21 to May 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 Saratov typically lasts for 6.1 months (187 days), from around April 12 to around October 16, rarely starting before March 25 or after May 3, and rarely ending before September 29 or after November 2.

During the spring in Saratov, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 0% to 100% over the course of the 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 Saratov are rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 471°F, from 0°F to 471°F, over the course of the season.

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 Saratov is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 4.1 kWh, from 2.5 kWh to 6.6 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Saratov are 51.541 deg latitude, 46.009 deg longitude, and 236 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Saratov contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 879 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 301 feet. Within 10 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (965 feet). Within 50 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,086 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Saratov is covered by artificial surfaces (97%), within 10 miles by cropland (33%) and water (24%), and within 50 miles by cropland (58%) and grassland (29%).