Summer Weather in Dzhetygara KazakhstanDaily high temperatures are around 77°F, rarely falling below 60°F or exceeding 93°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 81°F on July 2. Daily low temperatures are around 54°F, rarely falling below 40°F or exceeding 66°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 58°F on July 10. For reference, on July 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Dzhetygara typically range from 58°F to 81°F, while on January 31, the coldest day of the year, they range from -3°F to 12°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average summer 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. Headingley, Manitoba, Canada (5,280 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Dzhetygara (view comparison). CloudsThe summer in Dzhetygara experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 37% throughout the season. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 33% on July 27. The clearest day of the summer is July 27, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 67% of the time. For reference, on February 7, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 77%, while on July 27, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 67%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Dzhetygara, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is decreasing, starting the season at 18% and ending it at 13%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 20% on June 27, and its lowest chance is 8% on February 1. 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 summer in Dzhetygara is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.1 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the season at 0.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.6 inches or falls below 0.2 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.2 inches on July 12. SunOver the course of the summer in Dzhetygara, 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 2 hours, 48 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 51 seconds, and weekly decrease of 12 minutes, 55 seconds. The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 13 hours, 39 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 21, with 16 hours, 46 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the summer in Dzhetygara is 4:33 AM on June 17 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 32 minutes later at 6:05 AM on August 31. The latest sunset is 9:20 PM on June 24 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 36 minutes earlier at 7:44 PM on August 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Dzhetygara during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:33 AM and sets 16 hours, 46 minutes later, at 9:20 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:02 AM and sets 7 hours, 43 minutes later, at 4:44 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 the summer 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. 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 Dzhetygara is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 0% throughout. The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 1% on July 13. For reference, on July 13, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on January 1, 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 Dzhetygara is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.6 miles per hour of 9.4 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on February 11, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.3 miles per hour, while on July 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.8 miles per hour. The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 8.8 miles per hour on July 30. The wind direction in Dzhetygara during the summer is predominantly out of the west from June 1 to June 22 and from August 13 to August 31 and the north from June 22 to August 13. 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 Dzhetygara typically lasts for 4.8 months (149 days), from around May 3 to around September 29, rarely starting before April 14 or after May 22, and rarely ending before September 14 or after October 14. The summer in Dzhetygara is very likely fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a high of 100% on July 27. 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 Dzhetygara are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 1,651°F, from 368°F to 2,020°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 Dzhetygara is rapidly decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.8 kWh, from 6.6 kWh to 4.8 kWh, over the course of the season. The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 6.9 kWh on June 21. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Dzhetygara are 52.190 deg latitude, 61.199 deg longitude, and 892 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Dzhetygara contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 187 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 888 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (991 feet). Within 50 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,204 feet). The area within 2 miles of Dzhetygara is covered by sparse vegetation (48%), cropland (16%), and grassland (13%), within 10 miles by cropland (33%) and sparse vegetation (31%), and within 50 miles by cropland (51%) and grassland (18%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Dzhetygara, 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, Kostanay Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Dzhetygara. At a distance of 199 kilometers from Dzhetygara, 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 Dzhetygara to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 50%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 50%. 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. 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