Chernobyl Disaster

Saturday, April 26, 1986Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Pripyat, Soviet Union

rain around 7pm63°F

Clear and cold in the small hours, the air near 43°F with dew forming. Cloud came in near dawn and lay over the sunrise for a few hours. By mid-morning it had broken and the sun had real warmth in it. The afternoon reached near 65° with an east wind rising and cloud passing over in pieces. A short shower fell near 7pm and was gone in the hour. The evening cleared slowly and the sky was mostly open by the last hours.

Rain
0.04"
Humidity
74%
Wind
8 mph
Daylight
14.5 hrs
High / Low
68° / 46°F
Felt like
66° / 43°F
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
30.09 inHg
Gusting to
19 mph
Wind from
east
Sunrise / Sunset
6:42 am / 9:13 pm
Day's character
heavy drizzle

Close to what instruments recorded. Checked against the Chornobyl station, 9 mi away: it agrees.

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