Fall Weather in Zhanaozen KazakhstanDaily high temperatures decrease by 47°F, from 86°F to 39°F, rarely falling below 28°F or exceeding 97°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 36°F, from 60°F to 24°F, rarely falling below 12°F or exceeding 68°F. For reference, on July 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Zhanaozen typically range from 69°F to 94°F, while on January 30, the coldest day of the year, they range from 17°F to 32°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average fall 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. Lincoln, Nebraska, United States (6,328 miles away); Baoding, China (3,202 miles); and Pulandian, China (3,493 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Zhanaozen (view comparison). CloudsThe fall in Zhanaozen experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 14% to 52%. The clearest day of the fall is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 86% of the time. For reference, on December 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 57%, while on July 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 90%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Zhanaozen, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is gradually increasing, starting the season at 2% and ending it at 5%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 8% on March 17, and its lowest chance is 1% on August 14. Over the course of the fall in Zhanaozen, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 4% throughout, 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. RainfallTo 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 fall in Zhanaozen is essentially constant, remaining about 0.2 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.7 inches or falling below -0.0 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 0.3 inches on October 30. Average Monthly Rainfall in the Fall in Zhanaozen
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
SunOver the course of the fall in Zhanaozen, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 3 hours, 57 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 38 seconds, and weekly decrease of 18 minutes, 26 seconds. The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 9 hours, 14 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 13 hours, 11 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the fall in Zhanaozen is 6:52 AM on September 1 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 47 minutes later at 8:39 AM on November 30. The latest sunset is 8:03 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 2 hours, 10 minutes earlier at 5:54 PM on November 30. Daylight saving time is not observed in Zhanaozen during 2025. For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:48 AM and sets 15 hours, 24 minutes later, at 9:12 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:57 AM and sets 8 hours, 58 minutes later, at 5:55 PM. Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Fall in Zhanaozen
The solar day in the fall. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
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. Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Fall in Zhanaozen
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the fall of 2025. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
MoonThe figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the fall of 2025. 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 Zhanaozen is essentially constant during the fall, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 14, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time, while on November 7, 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 Zhanaozen is essentially constant during the fall, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 11.5 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on March 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.6 miles per hour, while on July 18, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.2 miles per hour. The highest daily average wind speed during the fall is 11.7 miles per hour on September 15. The hourly average wind direction in Zhanaozen throughout the fall is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 46% on September 14. Wind Direction in the Fall in Zhanaozen
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
Water TemperatureZhanaozen 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 Zhanaozen is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 21°F, from 71°F to 51°F, over the course of the season. 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 Zhanaozen typically lasts for 6.4 months (195 days), from around April 6 to around October 18, rarely starting before March 20 or after April 24, and rarely ending before September 29 or after November 7. During the fall in Zhanaozen, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 100% to -0% over the course of the season. Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Fall in Zhanaozen
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The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within 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 Zhanaozen are rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing by 664°F, from 3,339°F to 4,003°F, over the course of the season. 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 Zhanaozen is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 4.3 kWh, from 6.0 kWh to 1.7 kWh, over the course of the season. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Zhanaozen are 43.341 deg latitude, 52.862 deg longitude, and 669 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Zhanaozen contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 131 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 652 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (696 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,929 feet). The area within 2 miles of Zhanaozen is covered by bare soil (100%), within 10 miles by bare soil (99%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (95%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Zhanaozen, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere is only a single weather station, Aktau Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Zhanaozen. At a distance of 154 kilometers from Zhanaozen, further than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed insufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. Consequently, the station records are blended with interpolated values from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis , and both are corrected for elevation differences according to the International Standard Atmosphere . The weight assigned to the MERRA-2 value depends on the distance from Zhanaozen to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 7%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 93%. Other DataAll 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. All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . 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. 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 . Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com . Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors. DisclaimerThe information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. We assume no responsibility for any decisions made on the basis of the content presented on this site. We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands. We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader. Please review our full terms contained on our Terms of Service page. |