Fall Weather at Minsk National Airport Belarus

Daily high temperatures decrease by 34°F, from 66°F to 32°F, rarely falling below 20°F or exceeding 77°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 22°F, from 47°F to 25°F, rarely falling below 9°F or exceeding 54°F.

For reference, on July 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Minsk National Airport typically range from 53°F to 74°F, while on February 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 16°F to 26°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average fall 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.

Prince George, British Columbia, Canada (4,809 miles away); Calgary, Alberta, Canada (4,868 miles); and Dover, Vermont, United States (4,290 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Minsk National Airport (view comparison).

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The fall at Minsk National Airport experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 50% to 79%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80% on November 28.

The clearest day of the fall is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 50% of the time.

For reference, on November 27, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80%, while on August 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 60%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Minsk National Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 25% and ending it at 21%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 36% on June 27, and its lowest chance is 18% on March 3.

Over the course of the fall at Minsk National Airport, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 25% to 9%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 0% to 4%, and the chance of a day with only snow increases from 0% to 8%.

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 fall at Minsk National Airport is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 1.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.6 inches or falls below 0.5 inches, and ending the season at 0.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.2 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

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 fall at Minsk National Airport is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.0 inches, and ending the season at 5.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.9 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

Over the course of the fall at Minsk National Airport, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 5 hours, 51 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 3 minutes, 54 seconds, and weekly decrease of 27 minutes, 19 seconds.

The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 7 hours, 49 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 13 hours, 41 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the fall at Minsk National Airport is 6:16 AM on September 1 and the latest sunrise is 2 hours, 45 minutes later at 9:01 AM on November 30.

The latest sunset is 7:57 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 3 hours, 6 minutes earlier at 4:51 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Minsk National Airport during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:35 AM and sets 17 hours, 7 minutes later, at 9:43 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:24 AM and sets 7 hours, 24 minutes later, at 4:47 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 fall 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 at Minsk National Airport is essentially constant during the fall, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 5% of the time, while on September 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 at Minsk National Airport is rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing from 9.1 miles per hour to 11.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.2 miles per hour, while on July 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour.

The wind direction at Minsk National Airport during the fall is predominantly out of the west from September 1 to October 28 and the south from October 28 to November 30.

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 at Minsk National Airport typically lasts for 4.5 months (137 days), from around May 12 to around September 26, rarely starting before April 21 or after June 4, and rarely ending before September 6 or after October 18.

During the fall at Minsk National Airport, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 95% to 0% over the course of the 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 at Minsk National Airport are gradually increasing during the fall, increasing by 176°F, from 1,418°F to 1,594°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 at Minsk National Airport is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 3.7 kWh, from 4.2 kWh to 0.6 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Minsk National Airport are 53.882 deg latitude, 28.031 deg longitude, and 646 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Minsk National Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 177 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 669 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (331 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (719 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Minsk National Airport is covered by trees (51%) and cropland (29%), within 10 miles by trees (45%) and cropland (36%), and within 50 miles by trees (51%) and cropland (31%).