Summer Weather at Murmansk Airport RussiaDaily high temperatures are around 57°F, rarely falling below 39°F or exceeding 76°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 63°F on July 23. Daily low temperatures are around 43°F, rarely falling below 31°F or exceeding 56°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 48°F on July 24. For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Murmansk Airport typically range from 48°F to 63°F, while on January 25, the coldest day of the year, they range from 4°F to 17°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. Chevak, United States (3,391 miles away) and Sutton-Alpine, United States (3,419 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Murmansk Airport (view comparison). CloudsThe summer at Murmansk Airport experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 59% to 65%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56% on July 5. The clearest day of the summer is July 5, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 44% of the time. For reference, on December 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 86%, while on July 5, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 44%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Murmansk Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 31% and ending it at 28%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 37% on July 13, and its lowest chance is 13% on March 11. Over the course of the summer at Murmansk Airport, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 32% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout. RainfallTo 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 at Murmansk Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 2.4 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.8 inches or falling below 0.8 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.9 inches on July 6. SunDue to its extreme latitude, Murmansk Airport 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 summer at Murmansk Airport during 2024, the Sun is continuously above the horizon for 2.0 months, rising at 1:13 AM on May 21, and not setting again until 12:28 AM on July 22. As such, summer begins in polar day, which ends before summer is over. The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 15 hours, 19 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the summer at Murmansk Airport is 1:23 AM on July 22 and the latest sunrise is 3 hours, 45 minutes later at 5:08 AM on August 31. The latest sunset is 12:28 AM on July 21 and the earliest sunset is 4 hours, 1 minute earlier at 8:27 PM on August 31. Daylight saving time is not observed at Murmansk Airport 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. MoonThe 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. HumidityWe 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 Murmansk Airport is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 14, 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. WindThis 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 Murmansk Airport is decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 5.7 miles per hour to 4.6 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on January 27, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.1 miles per hour, while on August 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.3 miles per hour. The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 4.3 miles per hour on August 13. The wind direction at Murmansk Airport during the summer is predominantly out of the north from June 1 to July 10 and the south from July 10 to August 31. Water TemperatureMurmansk Airport 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 at Murmansk Airport is rapidly increasing during the summer, rising by 8°F, from 41°F to 49°F, over the course of the season. The highest average surface water temperature during the summer is 51°F on August 9. Growing SeasonDefinitions 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 Murmansk Airport typically lasts for 3.3 months (100 days), from around May 29 to around September 7, rarely starting before May 9 or after June 17, and rarely ending before August 12 or after October 3. The summer at Murmansk Airport is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a high of 100% on July 15. 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 Murmansk Airport are increasing during the summer, increasing by 441°F, from 32°F to 473°F, over the course of the season. Solar EnergyThis 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 Murmansk Airport is very rapidly decreasing during the summer, falling by 2.4 kWh, from 4.9 kWh to 2.5 kWh, over the course of the season. The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 5.3 kWh on June 23. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Murmansk Airport are 68.782 deg latitude, 32.751 deg longitude, and 256 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Murmansk Airport contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 499 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 275 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,194 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,110 feet). The area within 2 miles of Murmansk Airport is covered by trees (77%) and water (12%), within 10 miles by trees (79%), and within 50 miles by trees (34%) and grassland (26%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather at Murmansk Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointMurmansk Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required. In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations. In this case, the only station close and reliable enough to use as a fallback is Kirkenes. Other DataAll data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus. 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