November Weather in Sāmarrā’ Iraq

Daily high temperatures decrease by 13°F, from 82°F to 69°F, rarely falling below 61°F or exceeding 88°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 12°F, from 61°F to 49°F, rarely falling below 40°F or exceeding 67°F.

For reference, on July 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Sāmarrā’ typically range from 85°F to 110°F, while on January 11, the coldest day of the year, they range from 43°F to 61°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on November. 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.

Phoenix, United States (7,518 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Sāmarrā’ (view comparison).

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The month of November in Sāmarrā’ experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 29% to 34%.

The clearest day of the month is November 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 71% of the time.

For reference, on December 14, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 35%, while on July 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 100%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Sāmarrā’, the chance of a wet day over the course of November is essentially constant, remaining around 10% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 14% on February 7, and its lowest chance is -0% on June 30.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during November in Sāmarrā’ is essentially constant, remaining about 0.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.5 inches.

Over the course of November in Sāmarrā’, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 43 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 30 seconds, and weekly decrease of 10 minutes, 28 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is November 30, with 10 hours, 3 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 1, with 10 hours, 47 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Sāmarrā’ is 6:24 AM on November 1 and the latest sunrise is 27 minutes later at 6:51 AM on November 30.

The latest sunset is 5:11 PM on November 1 and the earliest sunset is 16 minutes earlier at 4:54 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Sāmarrā’ during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:52 AM and sets 14 hours, 26 minutes later, at 7:19 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:06 AM and sets 9 hours, 52 minutes later, at 4:58 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.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for November 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 Sāmarrā’ is essentially constant during November, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on October 26, 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 Sāmarrā’ is essentially constant during November, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 6.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on June 28, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.3 miles per hour, while on January 6, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.7 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Sāmarrā’ throughout November is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 44% on November 1.

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).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Sāmarrā’ over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 12, with a 73% chance.

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 Sāmarrā’ are increasing during November, increasing by 418°F, from 7,596°F to 8,014°F, over the course of the month.

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 Sāmarrā’ is gradually decreasing during November, falling by 0.9 kWh, from 3.9 kWh to 3.0 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Sāmarrā’ are 34.196 deg latitude, 43.886 deg longitude, and 262 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Sāmarrā’ contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 105 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 246 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (210 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,122 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Sāmarrā’ is covered by artificial surfaces (41%), bare soil (27%), herbaceous vegetation (16%), and cropland (14%), within 10 miles by cropland (66%) and bare soil (16%), and within 50 miles by cropland (39%) and herbaceous vegetation (29%).