May Weather in Guz̄arah AfghanistanDaily high temperatures increase by 9°F, from 83°F to 92°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 100°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 8°F, from 57°F to 66°F, rarely falling below 49°F or exceeding 71°F. For reference, on July 11, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Guz̄arah typically range from 74°F to 99°F, while on January 11, the coldest day of the year, they range from 30°F to 50°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on May. 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. Average Hourly Temperature in May in Guz̄arah
frigid
15°F
freezing
32°F
very cold
45°F
cold
55°F
cool
65°F
comfortable
75°F
warm
85°F
hot
95°F
sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Altus, United States (7,540 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Guz̄arah (view comparison). CloudsThe month of May in Guz̄arah experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 27% to 7%. The clearest day of the month is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 93% of the time. For reference, on March 15, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 39%, while on August 29, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 100%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Guz̄arah, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is decreasing, starting the month at 5% and ending it at 1%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 17% on February 17, and its lowest chance is 0% on August 3. RainfallTo 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 May in Guz̄arah is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.3 inches, and ending the month at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.3 inches. Average Monthly Rainfall in May in Guz̄arah
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
SunOver the course of May in Guz̄arah, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 43 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 25 seconds, and weekly increase of 9 minutes, 58 seconds. The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 13 hours, 34 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 14 hours, 17 minutes of daylight. Hours of Daylight and Twilight in May in Guz̄arah
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
The latest sunrise of the month in Guz̄arah is 5:31 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 21 minutes earlier at 5:10 AM on May 31. The earliest sunset is 7:05 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 22 minutes later at 7:27 PM on May 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Guz̄arah during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:09 AM and sets 14 hours, 26 minutes later, at 7:36 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:23 AM and sets 9 hours, 52 minutes later, at 5:15 PM. Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in May in Guz̄arah
The solar day over the course of May. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
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. Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in Guz̄arah
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of May 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
MoonThe figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for May 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 Guz̄arah is essentially constant during May, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on May 30, 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 Guz̄arah is rapidly increasing during May, increasing from 10.5 miles per hour to 14.3 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on July 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 20.3 miles per hour, while on November 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.3 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Guz̄arah throughout May is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 72% on May 31. Wind Direction in May in Guz̄arah
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
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 Guz̄arah typically lasts for 8.1 months (249 days), from around March 16 to around November 20, rarely starting before February 23 or after April 6, and rarely ending before October 28 or after December 13. The month of May in Guz̄arah is reliably fully within the growing season. Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Guz̄arah
frigid
15°F
freezing
32°F
very cold
45°F
cold
55°F
cool
65°F
comfortable
75°F
warm
85°F
hot
95°F
sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing 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 Guz̄arah are rapidly increasing during May, increasing by 726°F, from 763°F to 1,490°F, over the course of the month. 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 Guz̄arah is increasing during May, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 7.4 kWh to 8.6 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Guz̄arah are 34.212 deg latitude, 62.212 deg longitude, and 3,225 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Guz̄arah contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 230 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,210 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,008 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (9,117 feet). The area within 2 miles of Guz̄arah is covered by cropland (38%), artificial surfaces (29%), grassland (19%), and bare soil (11%), within 10 miles by cropland (57%) and bare soil (18%), and within 50 miles by grassland (38%) and bare soil (37%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Guz̄arah, 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 is only a single weather station, Herat International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Guz̄arah. At a distance of 1 kilometer from Guz̄arah, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Guz̄arah according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis. 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. |