Spring Weather in Borkenes Norway

Daily high temperatures increase by 20°F, from 31°F to 51°F, rarely falling below 23°F or exceeding 63°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 17°F, from 23°F to 40°F, rarely falling below 11°F or exceeding 46°F.

For reference, on July 26, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Borkenes typically range from 48°F to 59°F, while on February 2, the coldest day of the year, they range from 21°F to 29°F.

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

Kodiak Station, United States (3,680 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Borkenes (view comparison).

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The spring in Borkenes experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 77% to 56%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56% on May 28.

The clearest day of the spring is May 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 44% of the time.

For reference, on February 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 78%, while on May 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 44%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Borkenes, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 40% and ending it at 31%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 49% on October 20, and its lowest chance is 29% on May 23.

Over the course of the spring in Borkenes, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 13% to 31%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain decreases from 12% to 0%, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 15% to 0%.

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 spring in Borkenes is gradually increasing, starting the season at 1.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.6 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the season at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.3 inches or falls below 0.8 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.6 inches on March 23.

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 spring in Borkenes is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 10.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 20.0 inches or falls below 3.5 inches, and ending the season at 0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.1 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Due to its extreme latitude, Borkenes 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 in Borkenes during 2024, the Sun is continuously above the horizon for 2.0 months, rising at 1:20 AM on May 21, and not setting again until 12:32 AM on July 22. As such, polar day begins in the spring and lasts beyond the end of the season.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 9 hours, 45 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Borkenes is 7:15 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 5 hours, 56 minutes earlier at 1:20 AM on May 21.

The earliest sunset is 5:01 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 7 hours, 22 minutes later at 12:23 AM on May 20.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 3:00 AM on March 31, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

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 spring 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 Borkenes is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 4, 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 Borkenes is rapidly decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 11.4 miles per hour to 7.5 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.0 miles per hour, while on July 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.8 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Borkenes during the spring is predominantly out of the south from March 1 to May 21 and the north from May 21 to May 31.

Borkenes 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 Borkenes is increasing during the spring, rising by 6°F, from 38°F to 45°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the spring is 38°F on March 18.

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 Borkenes typically lasts for 4.6 months (142 days), from around May 12 to around September 30, rarely starting before April 25 or after May 28, and rarely ending before September 11 or after October 22.

During the spring in Borkenes, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 0% to 94% 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 in Borkenes are essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 14°F of 14°F throughout.

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 Borkenes is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 4.4 kWh, from 0.7 kWh to 5.1 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Borkenes are 68.773 deg latitude, 16.171 deg longitude, and 49 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Borkenes contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,056 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 294 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,025 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,640 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Borkenes is covered by trees (42%), water (32%), and cropland (13%), within 10 miles by trees (34%) and water (32%), and within 50 miles by water (51%) and trees (20%).