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December Weather in Zhadong China

Daily high temperatures decrease by 7°F, from 34°F to 27°F, rarely falling below 20°F or exceeding 40°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 6°F to -0°F, rarely falling below -7°F or exceeding 12°F.

For reference, on July 6, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Zhadong typically range from 38°F to 65°F, while on January 20, the coldest day of the year, they range from -2°F to 25°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in December in Zhadong

Average High and Low Temperature in December in ZhadongDec1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930303131-15°F-15°F-10°F-10°F-5°F-5°F0°F0°F5°F5°F10°F10°F15°F15°F20°F20°F25°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°FNovJanDec 134°FDec 134°F6°F6°FDec 3127°FDec 3127°F-0°F-0°FDec 1131°FDec 1131°F4°F4°FDec 2129°FDec 2129°F2°F2°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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

Average Hourly Temperature in December in ZhadongDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNovJanfrigidfrigidfreezingfreezingvery cold
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.

Grande Cache, Canada (6,506 miles away); Big Sky, Montana, United States (7,176 miles); and Leadville, Colorado, United States (7,637 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Zhadong (view comparison).

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The month of December in Zhadong experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 11% to 16%.

The clearest day of the month is December 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 89% of the time.

For reference, on August 4, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 73%, while on November 1, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 93%.

Cloud Cover Categories in December in Zhadong

Cloud Cover Categories in December in ZhadongDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%NovJanDec 189%Dec 189%Dec 3184%Dec 3184%Dec 1188%Dec 1188%Dec 2185%Dec 2185%clearmostly clearpartly cloudyovercastmostly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Zhadong, the chance of a wet day over the course of December is essentially constant, remaining around 2% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 38% on July 20, and its lowest chance is 1% on November 20.

Probability of Precipitation in December in Zhadong

Probability of Precipitation in December in ZhadongDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0%0.0%0.5%0.5%1.0%1.0%1.5%1.5%2.0%2.0%2.5%2.5%3.0%3.0%NovJanDec 11%Dec 11%Dec 312%Dec 312%Dec 111%Dec 111%Dec 212%Dec 212%snowmixedrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during December in Zhadong is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.4 inches, and ending the month at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.3 inches.

Average Monthly Snowfall in December in Zhadong

The average snowfall (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 rainfall.

Over the course of December in Zhadong, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is December 22, with 10 hours, 15 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 1, with 10 hours, 23 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in December in Zhadong

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in December in ZhadongDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrNovJanDec 2110 hr, 15 minDec 2110 hr, 15 minnightnightdaydayDec 110 hr, 23 minDec 110 hr, 23 min
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 earliest sunrise of the month in Zhadong is 7:00 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 17 minutes later at 7:18 AM on December 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:23 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 11 minutes later at 5:34 PM on December 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Zhadong during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:23 AM and sets 14 hours, 3 minutes later, at 7:26 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:14 AM and sets 10 hours, 15 minutes later, at 5:28 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in December in Zhadong

The solar day over the course of December. 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 December in Zhadong

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in December in ZhadongDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNovJan00101020202030304000010102020303030
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of December 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).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for December 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in December in Zhadong

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in December in ZhadongDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMNovJanNov 16:48 PMNov 16:48 PMNov 163:29 AMNov 163:29 AMDec 112:22 PMDec 112:22 PMDec 153:02 PMDec 153:02 PMDec 314:28 AMDec 314:28 AMJan 144:28 AMJan 144:28 AMJan 296:37 PMJan 296:37 PM6:16 AM6:16 AM5:20 PM5:20 PM4:50 PM4:50 PM7:09 AM7:09 AM7:02 AM7:02 AM5:12 PM5:12 PM5:11 PM5:11 PM8:12 AM8:12 AM7:45 AM7:45 AM5:50 PM5:50 PM5:01 PM5:01 PM7:46 AM7:46 AM7:12 AM7:12 AM5:46 PM5:46 PM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Dec 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
0%7:02 AMESE5:12 PMWSW-12:07 PMS246,258 mi
2
1%8:02 AMESE6:02 PMWSW-1:02 PMS244,217 mi
3
4%8:59 AMESE6:59 PMWSW-1:59 PMS242,100 mi
4
10%9:52 AMESE8:01 PMWSW-2:57 PMS239,957 mi
5
17%10:39 AMESE9:05 PMWSW-3:52 PMS237,812 mi
6
27%11:20 AMESE10:10 PMWSW-4:45 PMS235,682 mi
7
37%11:56 AMESE11:15 PMWSW-5:35 PMS233,592 mi
8
50%12:29 PME--6:23 PMS231,598 mi
9
60%-12:18 AMW1:00 PME7:10 PMS229,795 mi
10
72%-1:22 AMW1:32 PME7:57 PMS228,320 mi
11
82%-2:27 AMW2:05 PMENE8:47 PMS227,341 mi
12
90%-3:35 AMWNW2:42 PMENE9:40 PMS227,030 mi
13
96%-4:45 AMWNW3:24 PMENE10:37 PMS227,525 mi
14
99%-5:57 AMWNW4:14 PMENE11:38 PMS228,892 mi
15
100%-7:07 AMWNW5:11 PMENE--
16
100%-8:12 AMWNW6:14 PMENE12:41 AMS231,091 mi
17
97%-9:08 AMWNW7:20 PMENE1:43 AMS233,968 mi
18
93%-9:55 AMWNW8:25 PMENE2:41 AMS237,279 mi
19
86%-10:34 AMWNW9:27 PMENE3:33 AMS240,729 mi
20
78%-11:07 AMWNW10:25 PMENE4:20 AMS244,027 mi
21
69%-11:36 AMW11:20 PME5:03 AMS246,910 mi
22
59%-12:03 PMW-5:43 AMS249,168 mi
23
50%12:13 AME12:28 PMW-6:22 AMS250,659 mi
24
40%1:06 AME12:54 PMW-7:01 AMS251,307 mi
25
30%1:59 AMESE1:21 PMWSW-7:40 AMS251,109 mi
26
22%2:54 AMESE1:51 PMWSW-8:22 AMS250,125 mi
27
14%3:51 AMESE2:26 PMWSW-9:08 AMS248,475 mi
28
8%4:50 AMESE3:06 PMWSW-9:58 AMS246,321 mi
29
3%5:50 AMESE3:54 PMWSW-10:52 AMS243,856 mi
30
1%6:49 AMESE4:49 PMWSW-11:49 AMS241,283 mi
31
0%7:45 AMESE5:50 PMWSW-12:48 PMS238,790 mi

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 Zhadong is essentially constant during December, remaining around 0% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels in December in Zhadong

Humidity Comfort Levels in December in ZhadongDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%NovJanDec 10%Dec 10%Dec 310%Dec 310%Dec 110%Dec 110%Dec 210%Dec 210%drydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Zhadong is increasing during December, increasing from 8.7 miles per hour to 10.0 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 22, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.8 miles per hour, while on August 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.0 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in December in Zhadong

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Zhadong throughout December is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 77% on December 6.

Wind Direction in December in Zhadong

Wind Direction in December in ZhadongDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NovJanwestsouthnorth
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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).

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 Zhadong typically lasts for 2.3 months (69 days), from around June 26 to around September 4, rarely starting before June 7 or after July 19, and rarely ending before August 12 or after September 22.

The month of December in Zhadong is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in December in Zhadong

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in December in ZhadongDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%NovJan-0%Dec 16-0%Dec 160%Nov 200%Nov 20frigidfreezingvery cold
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 Zhadong are essentially constant during December, remaining around 446°F throughout.

Growing Degree Days in December in Zhadong

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of December, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Zhadong is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 4.6 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during December is 4.4 kWh on December 24.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in December in Zhadong

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in December in ZhadongDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWhNovJanDec 244.4 kWhDec 244.4 kWhDec 14.8 kWhDec 14.8 kWhDec 114.6 kWhDec 114.6 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Zhadong are 29.650 deg latitude, 84.167 deg longitude, and 14,957 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Zhadong contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 440 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 14,995 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,415 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (13,176 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Zhadong is covered by grassland (97%), within 10 miles by grassland (96%), and within 50 miles by grassland (86%).

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

Zhadong is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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.

The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Zhadong, according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

All 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.

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.

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