December Weather in Namling China

Daily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 41°F to 35°F, rarely falling below 28°F or exceeding 47°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 14°F to 9°F, rarely falling below 5°F or exceeding 19°F.

For reference, on June 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Namling typically range from 45°F to 68°F, while on January 10, the coldest day of the year, they range from 9°F to 35°F.

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.

Mountain Village, United States (7,647 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Namling (view comparison).

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The month of December in Namling experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 15% to 20%.

The clearest day of the month is December 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 85% of the time.

For reference, on August 4, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 72%, while on November 19, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 85%.

Over the course of December in Namling, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is December 21, with 10 hours, 14 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 1, with 10 hours, 23 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Namling is 6:41 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 17 minutes later at 6:58 AM on December 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:04 PM on December 2 and the latest sunset is 11 minutes later at 5:14 PM on December 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Namling during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:03 AM and sets 14 hours, 3 minutes later, at 7:06 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:54 AM and sets 10 hours, 14 minutes later, at 5:08 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 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.

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

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 Namling is increasing during December, increasing from 7.9 miles per hour to 9.0 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.8 miles per hour, while on August 18, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Namling throughout December is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 71% on December 30.

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 Namling typically lasts for 4.6 months (142 days), from around May 15 to around October 3, rarely starting before April 28 or after June 2, and rarely ending before September 17 or after October 20.

The month of December in Namling is reliably fully outside of 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 Namling are essentially constant during December, remaining around 783°F throughout.

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 Namling 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.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Namling are 29.685 deg latitude, 89.096 deg longitude, and 13,136 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Namling contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,844 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 13,632 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,883 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,268 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Namling is covered by grassland (75%), within 10 miles by grassland (88%), and within 50 miles by grassland (90%).