Summer Weather in Utrik Marshall Islands

Daily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 84°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 80°F or exceeding 83°F.

For reference, on October 10, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Utrik typically range from 82°F to 83°F, while on February 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 79°F to 80°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.

San Andrés, Colombia (7,270 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Utrik (view comparison).

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The summer in Utrik experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 70% to 78%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 69% on June 9.

The clearest day of the summer is June 9, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 31% of the time.

For reference, on September 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on February 14, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 34%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Utrik, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 15% and ending it at 38%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 49% on October 4, and its lowest chance is 4% on February 7.

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 summer in Utrik is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.2 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the season at 3.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.7 inches or falls below 0.6 inches.

Over the course of the summer in Utrik, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 24 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 16 seconds, and weekly decrease of 1 minute, 51 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 20 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 22, with 12 hours, 47 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Utrik is 6:16 AM on June 1 and the latest sunrise is 14 minutes later at 6:30 AM on August 27.

The latest sunset is 7:08 PM on July 12 and the earliest sunset is 17 minutes earlier at 6:51 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Utrik during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:18 AM and sets 12 hours, 47 minutes later, at 7:05 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:54 AM and sets 11 hours, 28 minutes later, at 6:22 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 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.

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 Utrik is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 100% throughout.

For reference, on January 1, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on March 2, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% 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 Utrik is very rapidly decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 16.6 miles per hour to 11.7 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on December 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 19.0 miles per hour, while on September 5, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.5 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Utrik throughout the summer is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 99% on June 7.

Utrik 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 Utrik is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 1°F of 83°F throughout.

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).

Temperatures in Utrik are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

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 Utrik are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,916°F, from 4,622°F to 7,538°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 Utrik is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.2 kWh, from 6.1 kWh to 4.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Utrik are 11.228 deg latitude, 169.847 deg longitude, and 33 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Utrik is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 56 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3 feet. Within 10 miles is also essentially flat (59 feet). Within 50 miles is also essentially flat (59 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Utrik is covered by water (100%), within 10 miles by water (100%), and within 50 miles by water (100%).