January Weather in Gonbad-e Kāvūs Iran

Daily high temperatures are around 57°F, rarely falling below 45°F or exceeding 69°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 56°F on January 29.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 40°F to 38°F, rarely falling below 30°F or exceeding 48°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 38°F on January 29.

For reference, on August 6, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gonbad-e Kāvūs typically range from 75°F to 96°F, while on January 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 56°F.

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

Huotong, China (3,764 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Gonbad-e Kāvūs (view comparison).

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The month of January in Gonbad-e Kāvūs experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 41% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is January 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 60% of the time.

For reference, on March 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 44%, while on August 22, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 99%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gonbad-e Kāvūs, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is gradually increasing, starting the month at 8% and ending it at 11%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 13% on March 18, and its lowest chance is 2% on July 1.

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 January in Gonbad-e Kāvūs is essentially constant, remaining about 0.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.2 inches.

Over the course of January in Gonbad-e Kāvūs, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 39 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 19 seconds, and weekly increase of 9 minutes, 11 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 9 hours, 39 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 18 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Gonbad-e Kāvūs is 7:03 AM on January 6 and the earliest sunrise is 10 minutes earlier at 6:53 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 4:42 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 30 minutes later at 5:11 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Gonbad-e Kāvūs during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:29 AM and sets 14 hours, 44 minutes later, at 7:12 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:59 AM and sets 9 hours, 36 minutes later, at 4:35 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 January 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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 52% of the time, while on November 27, 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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs is essentially constant during January, remaining around 5.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on June 26, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.3 miles per hour, while on November 5, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Gonbad-e Kāvūs throughout January is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 52% on January 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).

The growing season in Gonbad-e Kāvūs typically lasts for 9.8 months (298 days), from around February 28 to around December 21, rarely starting after March 25, or ending before November 25.

The month of January in Gonbad-e Kāvūs is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of 10% on January 16.

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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs are gradually increasing during January, increasing by 65°F, from 2°F to 67°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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 2.5 kWh to 3.1 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gonbad-e Kāvūs are 37.250 deg latitude, 55.167 deg longitude, and 125 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gonbad-e Kāvūs is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 62 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 122 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (1,811 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (11,932 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gonbad-e Kāvūs is covered by shrubs (52%), cropland (23%), and grassland (22%), within 10 miles by cropland (53%) and shrubs (35%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (34%) and trees (24%).