Average Weather at Zaporizhia International Airport Ukraine

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At Zaporizhia International Airport, the summers are warm and mostly clear and the winters are long, freezing, dry, windy, and mostly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 20°F to 84°F and is rarely below 2°F or above 94°F.

The warm season lasts for 3.6 months, from May 23 to September 10, with an average daily high temperature above 73°F. The hottest day of the year is July 29, with an average high of 84°F and low of 63°F.

The cold season lasts for 3.8 months, from November 18 to March 13, with an average daily high temperature below 42°F. The coldest day of the year is February 3, with an average low of 20°F and high of 31°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

At Zaporizhia International Airport, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year at Zaporizhia International Airport begins around April 30 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around October 16. On August 3, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 80% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 20% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 16 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around April 30. On December 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 71% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 29% of the time.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days at Zaporizhia International Airport varies throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 2.0 months, from May 11 to July 11, with a greater than 19% chance of a given day being a wet day. The chance of a wet day peaks at 26% on June 14.

The drier season lasts 10 months, from July 11 to May 11. The smallest chance of a wet day is 12% on September 25.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 26% on June 14.

Rainfall

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Zaporizhia International Airport experiences some seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year at Zaporizhia International Airport. The most rain falls during the 31 days centered around June 19, with an average total accumulation of 1.7 inches.

The least rain falls around February 5, with an average total accumulation of 0.5 inches.

Snowfall

We report snowfall in liquid-equivalent terms. The actual depth of new snowfall is typically between 5 and 10 times the liquid-equivalent amount, assuming the ground is frozen. Colder, drier snow tends to be on the higher end of that range and warmer, wetter snow on the lower end.

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Zaporizhia International Airport experiences some seasonal variation in monthly liquid-equivalent snowfall.

The snowy period of the year lasts for 4.6 months, from November 9 to March 28, with a sliding 31-day liquid-equivalent snowfall of at least 0.1 inches. The most snow falls during the 31 days centered around January 22, with an average total liquid-equivalent accumulation of 0.5 inches.

The snowless period of the year lasts for 7.4 months, from March 28 to November 9. The least snow falls around July 24, with an average total liquid-equivalent accumulation of 0.0 inches.

The length of the day at Zaporizhia International Airport varies extremely over the course of the year. In 2017, the shortest day is December 21, with 8 hours, 23 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 16 hours, 2 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise is at 4:39 AM on June 16, and the latest sunrise is 2 hours, 49 minutes later at 7:28 AM on January 1. The earliest sunset is at 3:45 PM on December 11, and the latest sunset is 4 hours, 56 minutes later at 8:41 PM on June 25.

Daylight saving time (DST) is observed at Zaporizhia International Airport during 2017, starting in the spring on March 26, lasting 7.1 months, and ending in the fall on October 29.

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 perceived humidity level at Zaporizhia International Airport, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, staying within 4% of 4% throughout.

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 at Zaporizhia International Airport experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 5.5 months, from November 5 to April 20, with average wind speeds of more than 5.4 miles per hour. The windiest day of the year is March 9, with an average hourly wind speed of 6.3 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 6.5 months, from April 20 to November 5. The calmest day of the year is July 8, with an average hourly wind speed of 4.5 miles per hour.

The predominant average hourly wind direction at Zaporizhia International Airport varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the east for 4.4 months, from January 28 to June 9 and for 3.5 months, from September 1 to December 16, with a peak percentage of 36% on March 22. The wind is most often from the north for 2.7 months, from June 9 to September 1, with a peak percentage of 39% on August 4. The wind is most often from the west for 1.4 months, from December 16 to January 28, with a peak percentage of 29% on January 1.

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 experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.6 months, from May 4 to August 23, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 5.7 kWh. The brightest day of the year is July 13, with an average of 6.9 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.6 months, from October 29 to February 18, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 2.2 kWh. The darkest day of the year is December 26, with an average of 1.0 kWh.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Zaporizhia International Airport are 47.867 deg latitude, 35.316 deg longitude, and 322 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Zaporizhia International Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 361 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 325 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (696 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (981 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Zaporizhia International Airport is covered by cropland (66%) and trees (10%), within 10 miles by cropland (56%) and artificial surfaces (20%), and within 50 miles by cropland (66%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Zaporizhia International Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Zaporizhia International Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back are Dnipropetrovsk International Airport, Kryvyi Rih/Lozuvatka International Airport, Mariupol International Airport, and Donetsk International Airport.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets , 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 aiports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © Esri, with data from National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, and iPC.