Winter Weather in Okhotsk Russia

Daily high temperatures are around 4°F, rarely falling below -13°F or exceeding 20°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is -0°F on January 19.

Daily low temperatures are around -6°F, rarely falling below -21°F or exceeding 11°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is -9°F on January 27.

For reference, on July 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Okhotsk typically range from 54°F to 64°F, while on January 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from -9°F to 0°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 (3,131 miles away) and Fermont, Canada (4,512 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Okhotsk (view comparison).

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The winter in Okhotsk experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 62% throughout the season.

The clearest day of the winter is December 4, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 40% of the time.

For reference, on May 31, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70%, while on August 21, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 47%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Okhotsk, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is decreasing, starting the season at 10% and ending it at 5%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 31% on August 4, and its lowest chance is 5% on February 26.

Rainfall

To 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 Okhotsk is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.3 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is -0.0 inches on February 14.

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 Okhotsk is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 8.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 22.1 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the season at 3.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.4 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 3.3 inches on February 17.

Over the course of the winter in Okhotsk, 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 3 hours, 47 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 33 seconds, and weekly increase of 17 minutes, 51 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 6 hours, 4 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 10 hours, 25 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Okhotsk is 9:24 AM on December 27 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 57 minutes earlier at 7:27 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 3:26 PM on December 15 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 27 minutes later at 5:52 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Okhotsk during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:09 AM and sets 18 hours, 38 minutes later, at 9:47 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:23 AM and sets 6 hours, 4 minutes later, at 3:27 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 Okhotsk is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 17, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 Okhotsk is decreasing during the winter, decreasing from 10.0 miles per hour to 8.6 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on December 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.1 miles per hour, while on June 28, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.6 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 10.1 miles per hour on December 18.

The hourly average wind direction in Okhotsk throughout the winter is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 89% on December 22.

Okhotsk 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 Okhotsk is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling by 2°F, from 33°F to 30°F, over the course of the season.

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 Okhotsk typically lasts for 4.4 months (134 days), from around May 21 to around October 2, rarely starting before May 6 or after June 4, and rarely ending before September 18 or after October 16.

The winter in Okhotsk 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 Okhotsk are rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 576°F, from 576°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 Okhotsk is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 0.4 kWh to 1.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 0.3 kWh on December 20.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Okhotsk are 59.362 deg latitude, 143.215 deg longitude, and 30 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Okhotsk is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 39 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (1,742 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,023 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Okhotsk is covered by water (82%), within 10 miles by water (46%) and trees (35%), and within 50 miles by water (48%) and trees (36%).