Spring Weather in Severomorsk RussiaDaily high temperatures increase by 24°F, from 24°F to 49°F, rarely falling below 12°F or exceeding 63°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 25°F, from 12°F to 37°F, rarely falling below -7°F or exceeding 44°F. For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Severomorsk typically range from 48°F to 61°F, while on January 25, the coldest day of the year, they range from 7°F to 19°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. Hooper Bay, United States (3,366 miles away); Dillingham, United States (3,569 miles); and Sutton-Alpine, United States (3,399 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Severomorsk (view comparison). CloudsThe spring in Severomorsk experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 78% to 60%. The clearest day of the spring is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 40% of the time. For reference, on January 1, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 85%, while on July 5, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 43%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Severomorsk, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 16% and ending it at 30%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 37% on July 14, and its lowest chance is 16% on February 13. Over the course of the spring in Severomorsk, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 1% to 28%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 3% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 13% 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 Severomorsk is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.3 inches, and ending the season at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches or falls below 0.8 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 Severomorsk is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 6.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.9 inches or falls below 1.9 inches, and ending the season at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches. SunDue to its extreme latitude, Severomorsk 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 Severomorsk during 2024, the Sun is continuously above the horizon for 2.1 months, rising at 1:00 AM on May 20, and not setting again until 12:36 AM on July 23. 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, 43 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the spring in Severomorsk is 8:08 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 7 hours, 7 minutes earlier at 1:00 AM on May 20. The earliest sunset is 5:50 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 6 hours, 33 minutes later at 12:24 AM on May 19. Daylight saving time is not observed in Severomorsk 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. 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 Severomorsk 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. 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 Severomorsk is rapidly decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 9.9 miles per hour to 6.8 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on January 28, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.1 miles per hour, while on August 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.2 miles per hour. The wind direction in Severomorsk during the spring is predominantly out of the south from March 1 to May 16 and the north from May 16 to May 31. Water TemperatureSeveromorsk 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 Severomorsk is increasing during the spring, rising by 5°F, from 36°F to 41°F, over the course of the season. The lowest average surface water temperature during the spring is 36°F on March 27. 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 Severomorsk typically lasts for 3.6 months (110 days), from around May 28 to around September 15, rarely starting before May 9 or after June 14, and rarely ending before August 22 or after October 10. During the spring in Severomorsk, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 0% to 58% 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 Severomorsk are essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 10°F of 10°F throughout. 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 Severomorsk is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 4.1 kWh, from 0.8 kWh to 4.9 kWh, over the course of the season. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Severomorsk are 69.069 deg latitude, 33.416 deg longitude, and 220 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Severomorsk contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 466 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 144 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,063 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,008 feet). The area within 2 miles of Severomorsk is covered by artificial surfaces (24%), water (21%), trees (20%), and sparse vegetation (13%), within 10 miles by trees (38%) and water (21%), and within 50 miles by water (30%) and grassland (29%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Severomorsk, 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 are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Severomorsk. For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Severomorsk according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. The estimated value at Severomorsk is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Severomorsk and a given station. The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:
To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Severomorsk and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data. 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. Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database . Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com . Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors. DisclaimerThe information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. We assume no responsibility for any decisions made on the basis of the content presented on this site. We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands. We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader. Please review our full terms contained on our Terms of Service page. |