Winter Weather in Shumyachi Russia

Daily high temperatures are around 28°F, rarely falling below 9°F or exceeding 41°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 25°F on February 2.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 22°F to 19°F, rarely falling below -5°F or exceeding 35°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 15°F on February 4.

For reference, on July 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Shumyachi typically range from 57°F to 73°F, while on February 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 15°F to 25°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.

Ontonagon, United States (4,692 miles away) and Stamford, United States (4,520 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Shumyachi (view comparison).

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The winter in Shumyachi experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 77% throughout the season. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80% on December 24.

The clearest day of the winter is February 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 25% of the time.

For reference, on December 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80%, while on August 1, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 62%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Shumyachi, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is decreasing, starting the season at 23% and ending it at 19%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 36% on June 25, and its lowest chance is 18% on February 12.

Over the course of the winter in Shumyachi, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 10% to 7%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 4% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 10% 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 Shumyachi is essentially constant, remaining about 0.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.4 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.3 inches on January 30.

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 winter in Shumyachi is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 5.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.3 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 4.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.4 inches or falls below 0.9 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 6.7 inches on January 2.

Over the course of the winter in Shumyachi, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 58 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 0 seconds, and weekly increase of 13 minutes, 59 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 7 hours, 24 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 10 hours, 45 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Shumyachi is 9:08 AM on December 29 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 28 minutes earlier at 7:40 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 4:28 PM on December 13 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 57 minutes later at 6:25 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Shumyachi during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:18 AM and sets 17 hours, 7 minutes later, at 9:25 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:06 AM and sets 7 hours, 24 minutes later, at 4:30 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 Shumyachi is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 26, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 6% 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 Shumyachi is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.5 miles per hour of 11.0 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on January 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.5 miles per hour, while on July 28, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 11.5 miles per hour on January 25.

The wind direction in Shumyachi during the winter is predominantly out of the south from December 1 to December 7 and from February 12 to February 28 and the west from December 7 to February 12.

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 Shumyachi typically lasts for 5.5 months (167 days), from around April 24 to around October 8, rarely starting before April 3 or after May 16, and rarely ending before September 19 or after October 27.

The winter in Shumyachi is reliably fully outside of the growing 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 Shumyachi are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 1,714°F, from 1,714°F to 0°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 Shumyachi is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 0.6 kWh to 2.1 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 0.5 kWh on December 20.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Shumyachi are 53.858 deg latitude, 32.424 deg longitude, and 571 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shumyachi contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 200 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 625 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (338 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (587 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shumyachi is covered by trees (49%) and cropland (46%), within 10 miles by trees (56%) and cropland (28%), and within 50 miles by trees (38%) and cropland (32%).