Winter Weather in Novoagansk Russia

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 7°F to 12°F, rarely falling below -26°F or exceeding 27°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is -1°F on January 12.

Daily low temperatures are around -10°F, rarely falling below -41°F or exceeding 17°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is -15°F on January 13.

For reference, on July 11, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Novoagansk typically range from 56°F to 72°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from -15°F to -1°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.

Hay River, Canada (3,934 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Novoagansk (view comparison).

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The winter in Novoagansk experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 86% throughout the season.

The clearest day of the winter is February 24, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 15% of the time.

For reference, on November 8, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88%, while on July 8, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 52%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Novoagansk, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 17% and ending it at 11%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 39% on June 9, and its lowest chance is 9% on February 19.

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 winter in Novoagansk is decreasing, starting the season at 6.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.4 inches or falls below 2.7 inches, and ending the season at 4.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.8 inches or falls below 0.7 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 3.4 inches on February 5.

Over the course of the winter in Novoagansk, 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 4 hours, 24 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 58 seconds, and weekly increase of 20 minutes, 43 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 5 hours, 10 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 10 hours, 15 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Novoagansk is 9:17 AM on December 26 and the earliest sunrise is 2 hours, 19 minutes earlier at 6:59 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 2:25 PM on December 16 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 48 minutes later at 5:13 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Novoagansk during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 2:03 AM and sets 19 hours, 43 minutes later, at 9:46 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:16 AM and sets 5 hours, 10 minutes later, at 2:26 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 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.

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 Novoagansk is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 13, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% of the time, while on September 13, 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 Novoagansk is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 7.0 miles per hour to 8.0 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on March 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour, while on August 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Novoagansk throughout the winter is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 52% on January 16.

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 Novoagansk typically lasts for 3.9 months (119 days), from around May 25 to around September 21, rarely starting before May 10 or after June 9, and rarely ending before September 5 or after October 8.

The winter in Novoagansk 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 Novoagansk are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 1,136°F, from 1,136°F to 0°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 Novoagansk is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 0.2 kWh to 1.3 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 0.1 kWh on December 21.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Novoagansk are 61.945 deg latitude, 76.662 deg longitude, and 194 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Novoagansk is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 39 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 194 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (118 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (322 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Novoagansk is covered by water (46%), trees (24%), and herbaceous vegetation (20%), within 10 miles by trees (37%) and water (33%), and within 50 miles by trees (48%) and water (26%).