Winter Weather in Shkodër Albania

Daily high temperatures are around 52°F, rarely falling below 41°F or exceeding 63°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 50°F on January 14.

Daily low temperatures are around 38°F, rarely falling below 26°F or exceeding 49°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 35°F on January 13.

For reference, on August 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Shkodër typically range from 71°F to 90°F, while on January 13, the coldest day of the year, they range from 35°F to 50°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.

Newport News, Virginia, United States (4,841 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Shkodër (view comparison).

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The winter in Shkodër experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 54% throughout the season. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56% on December 6.

The clearest day of the winter is January 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 49% of the time.

For reference, on December 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56%, while on July 20, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 89%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Shkodër, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is decreasing, starting the season at 37% and ending it at 32%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 38% on November 20, and its lowest chance is 11% on August 7.

Over the course of the winter in Shkodër, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 36% to 31%, 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.

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 Shkodër is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 5.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.9 inches or falls below 2.1 inches, and ending the season at 4.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.9 inches or falls below 1.0 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Shkodër, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 52 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 16 seconds, and weekly increase of 8 minutes, 49 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 9 hours, 6 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 12 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Shkodër is 7:10 AM on January 4 and the earliest sunrise is 52 minutes earlier at 6:18 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 4:10 PM on December 8 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 21 minutes later at 5:30 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is observed in Shkodër during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the winter, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:06 AM and sets 15 hours, 15 minutes later, at 8:21 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:06 AM and sets 9 hours, 6 minutes later, at 4:13 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 Shkodër is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 24% of the time, while on November 20, 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 Shkodër is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 9.0 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 3, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.3 miles per hour, while on June 1, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.5 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 9.3 miles per hour on February 3.

The hourly average wind direction in Shkodër throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 60% on December 16.

Shkodër 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 Shkodër is decreasing during the winter, falling by 7°F, from 63°F to 56°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 56°F on February 27.

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 Shkodër typically lasts for 9.3 months (281 days), from around February 25 to around December 2, rarely starting before February 4 or after March 17, and rarely ending before November 12 or after December 21.

The smallest chance that a given day will be within the growing season in Shkodër during the winter is 1% on January 11.

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 Shkodër are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,471°F, from 4,522°F to 51°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 Shkodër is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.6 kWh, from 1.7 kWh to 3.3 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 1.6 kWh on December 15.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Shkodër are 42.068 deg latitude, 19.513 deg longitude, and 39 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shkodër contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 427 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 52 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (5,098 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,862 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shkodër is covered by artificial surfaces (50%), cropland (20%), and grassland (16%), within 10 miles by cropland (34%) and water (17%), and within 50 miles by trees (42%) and water (30%).