Winter Weather in Yanykurgan KazakhstanDaily high temperatures are around 37°F, rarely falling below 19°F or exceeding 58°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 32°F on January 13. Daily low temperatures are around 21°F, rarely falling below -0°F or exceeding 36°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 18°F on January 16. For reference, on July 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Yanykurgan typically range from 70°F to 95°F, while on January 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 18°F to 33°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter 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 (6,506 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Yanykurgan (view comparison). CloudsThe winter in Yanykurgan experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 51% throughout the season. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 57% on January 21. The clearest day of the winter is December 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time. For reference, on January 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 57%, while on August 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 95%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Yanykurgan, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 10% throughout. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 14% on April 16, and its lowest chance is 1% on August 26. Over the course of the winter in Yanykurgan, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 5% 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 3% 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 winter in Yanykurgan is essentially constant, remaining about 0.3 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.9 inches or falling below -0.0 inches. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.2 inches on January 21. 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 the winter in Yanykurgan is essentially constant, remaining about 1.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 5.6 inches or falling to 0.0 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.9 inches on January 12. SunOver the course of the winter in Yanykurgan, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 0 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 21 seconds, and weekly increase of 9 minutes, 24 seconds. The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 8 hours, 54 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 8 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the winter in Yanykurgan is 8:05 AM on January 3 and the earliest sunrise is 56 minutes earlier at 7:09 AM on February 28. The earliest sunset is 4:53 PM on December 9 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 25 minutes later at 6:18 PM on February 28. Daylight saving time is not observed in Yanykurgan during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:48 AM and sets 15 hours, 29 minutes later, at 8:16 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:02 AM and sets 8 hours, 54 minutes later, at 4:56 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 winter 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 Yanykurgan is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 10, 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 Yanykurgan is increasing during the winter, increasing from 9.5 miles per hour to 10.8 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on August 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.0 miles per hour, while on November 5, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.2 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Yanykurgan throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 46% on February 26. 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 Yanykurgan typically lasts for 6.5 months (199 days), from around April 3 to around October 18, rarely starting before March 17 or after April 22, and rarely ending before October 1 or after November 5. The winter in Yanykurgan 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 Yanykurgan are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,434°F, from 4,442°F to 8°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 Yanykurgan is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 1.8 kWh to 3.6 kWh, over the course of the season. The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 1.6 kWh on December 24. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Yanykurgan are 43.907 deg latitude, 67.246 deg longitude, and 545 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Yanykurgan is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 89 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 540 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (364 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (4,154 feet). The area within 2 miles of Yanykurgan is covered by bare soil (84%) and cropland (14%), within 10 miles by bare soil (70%) and cropland (26%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (73%) and cropland (13%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Yanykurgan, 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, Kyzylorda Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Yanykurgan. At a distance of 167 kilometers from Yanykurgan, 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 Yanykurgan to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 25%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 75%. 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. 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