Spring Weather in Berezayka RussiaDaily high temperatures increase by 37°F, from 28°F to 65°F, rarely falling below 17°F or exceeding 77°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 32°F, from 15°F to 47°F, rarely falling below -2°F or exceeding 56°F. For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Berezayka typically range from 55°F to 73°F, while on February 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from 10°F to 22°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. Anchorage, United States (4,202 miles away); Chetwynd, Canada (4,470 miles); and Edmonton, Canada (4,521 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Berezayka (view comparison). CloudsThe spring in Berezayka experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 79% to 52%. The clearest day of the spring is May 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 49% of the time. For reference, on January 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83%, while on July 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 54%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Berezayka, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 17% and ending it at 35%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 40% on June 23, and its lowest chance is 17% on February 26. Over the course of the spring in Berezayka, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 4% to 35%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 2% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 11% to 0%. 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 spring in Berezayka is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.8 inches, and ending the season at 2.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.2 inches or falls below 1.0 inches. SnowfallAs 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 Berezayka is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 4.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.9 inches or falls below 1.1 inches, and ending the season at 0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.2 inches or falls below -0.0 inches. SunOver the course of the spring in Berezayka, 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 7 hours, 3 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 4 minutes, 39 seconds, and weekly increase of 32 minutes, 30 seconds. The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 10 hours, 38 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 17 hours, 41 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the spring in Berezayka is 7:38 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 3 hours, 46 minutes earlier at 3:52 AM on May 31. The earliest sunset is 6:16 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 3 hours, 17 minutes later at 9:32 PM on May 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Berezayka during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:40 AM and sets 18 hours, 11 minutes later, at 9:51 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:28 AM and sets 6 hours, 28 minutes later, at 3:56 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. MoonThe 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. 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 in Berezayka is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 9, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 5% 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 in Berezayka is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 5.7 miles per hour to 4.4 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 6.0 miles per hour, while on July 22, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.9 miles per hour. The wind direction in Berezayka during the spring is predominantly out of the south from March 1 to April 22 and the west from April 22 to May 31. 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 in Berezayka typically lasts for 4.7 months (143 days), from around May 8 to around September 29, rarely starting before April 18 or after May 28, and rarely ending before September 9 or after October 18. During the spring in Berezayka, 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 Berezayka are increasing during the spring, increasing by 223°F, from 0°F to 223°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 in Berezayka is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 4.0 kWh, from 1.7 kWh to 5.7 kWh, over the course of the season. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Berezayka are 57.988 deg latitude, 33.904 deg longitude, and 551 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Berezayka contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 115 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 549 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (279 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,024 feet). The area within 2 miles of Berezayka is covered by trees (49%) and cropland (45%), within 10 miles by trees (90%), and within 50 miles by trees (88%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Berezayka, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere is only a single weather station, Tver Migalovo, Kalinin, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Berezayka. At a distance of 170 kilometers from Berezayka, further than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed insufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. Consequently, the station records are blended with interpolated values from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis , and both are corrected for elevation differences according to the International Standard Atmosphere . The weight assigned to the MERRA-2 value depends on the distance from Berezayka to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 29%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 71%. 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. All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid. Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 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