Winter Weather in Molochnyy Russia

Daily high temperatures are around 21°F, rarely falling below -1°F or exceeding 35°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 18°F on January 21.

Daily low temperatures are around 9°F, rarely falling below -19°F or exceeding 29°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 4°F on January 25.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Molochnyy typically range from 48°F to 63°F, while on January 25, the coldest day of the year, they range from 4°F to 18°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.

Chevak, United States (3,385 miles away) and Sutton-Alpine, United States (3,414 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Molochnyy (view comparison).

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The winter in Molochnyy experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 83% throughout the season. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 86% on December 29.

The clearest day of the winter is February 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 20% 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%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Molochnyy, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 16% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 37% on July 13, and its lowest chance is 14% on March 11.

Over the course of the winter in Molochnyy, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 1% 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 14% 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 Molochnyy is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.4 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.0 inches on January 18.

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 Molochnyy is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 5.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.2 inches or falls below 1.5 inches, and ending the season at 5.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.3 inches or falls below 1.5 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 6.1 inches on December 17.

Due to its extreme latitude, Molochnyy 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 winter in Molochnyy during 2024, the Sun is continuously below the horizon for 1.3 months, setting at 12:54 PM on December 1, and not rising again until 12:30 PM on January 11. As such, polar night begins and ends during the winter.

The longest day of the winter is February 28, with 9 hours, 34 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Molochnyy is 12:35 PM on January 10 and the earliest sunrise is 4 hours, 21 minutes earlier at 8:14 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 12:54 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 4 hours, 53 minutes later at 5:48 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Molochnyy 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.

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 Molochnyy is essentially constant during the winter, 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.

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 Molochnyy is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 7.4 miles per hour to 8.3 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on February 4, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 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 highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 8.3 miles per hour on February 4.

The hourly average wind direction in Molochnyy throughout the winter is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 48% on February 15.

Molochnyy 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 Molochnyy is decreasing during the winter, falling by 5°F, from 41°F to 36°F, over the course of the season.

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 Molochnyy typically lasts for 3.3 months (101 days), from around May 30 to around September 7, rarely starting before May 8 or after June 17, and rarely ending before August 12 or after October 3.

The winter in Molochnyy 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 Molochnyy are rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 495°F, from 495°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 Molochnyy is gradually increasing during the winter, rising by 0.7 kWh, from 0.0 kWh to 0.7 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is -0.0 kWh on December 22.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Molochnyy are 68.854 deg latitude, 33.020 deg longitude, and 112 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Molochnyy contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 614 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 233 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,575 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,123 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Molochnyy is covered by trees (35%), grassland (21%), herbaceous vegetation (13%), and water (13%), within 10 miles by trees (60%), and within 50 miles by trees (30%) and grassland (28%).