Winter Weather in Batagay Russia

Daily high temperatures increase by 8°F, from -27°F to -19°F, rarely falling below -50°F or exceeding -4°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is -33°F on January 20.

Daily low temperatures are around -38°F, rarely falling below -57°F or exceeding -18°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is -43°F on January 21.

For reference, on July 12, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Batagay typically range from 52°F to 69°F, while on January 20, the coldest day of the year, they range from -43°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.

Rankin Inlet, Canada (3,132 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Batagay (view comparison).

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The winter in Batagay experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 73% to 65%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 63% on February 19.

The clearest day of the winter is February 19, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 37% of the time.

For reference, on November 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 81%, while on July 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 50%.

Due to its extreme latitude, Batagay experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer and polar night during the winter. These are periods of time in which the sun is continuously above or below the horizon for more than one day. The precise start and end dates of polar day and night vary from year to year and depend on the precise location and elevation of the observer, and the local topography.

In the winter in Batagay during 2024, the Sun is continuously below the horizon for 2.4 weeks, setting at 12:57 PM on December 13, and not rising again until 12:54 PM on December 30. As such, polar night begins and ends during the winter.

The longest day of the winter is February 28, with 9 hours, 41 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Batagay is 12:54 PM on December 30 and the earliest sunrise is 4 hours, 30 minutes earlier at 8:24 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 12:57 PM on December 13 and the latest sunset is 5 hours, 8 minutes later at 6:05 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Batagay during 2024.

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

For reference, on July 12, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% of the time, while on August 29, 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 Batagay is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 4.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.2 miles per hour, while on September 6, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.1 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 4.4 miles per hour on February 21.

The hourly average wind direction in Batagay throughout the winter is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 77% on January 6.

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 Batagay typically lasts for 2.9 months (89 days), from around June 2 to around August 30, rarely starting before May 16 or after June 19, and rarely ending before August 10 or after September 16.

The winter in Batagay 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 Batagay are rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 797°F, from 797°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 Batagay is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 0.0 kWh to 1.1 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 0.0 kWh on December 22.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Batagay are 67.657 deg latitude, 134.640 deg longitude, and 400 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Batagay contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 348 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 524 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,565 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,013 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Batagay is covered by trees (28%), water (20%), grassland (19%), and bare soil (15%), within 10 miles by trees (84%), and within 50 miles by trees (77%).