December Weather in Ulaan Khat MongoliaDaily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 12°F to 6°F, rarely falling below -5°F or exceeding 21°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 6°F, from -6°F to -12°F, rarely falling below -24°F or exceeding 5°F. For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Ulaan Khat typically range from 40°F to 63°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from -14°F to 5°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. Kotzebue, United States (3,654 miles away); Healy, United States (4,085 miles); and Fermont, Canada (5,349 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Ulaan Khat (view comparison). CloudsThe month of December in Ulaan Khat experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 47% throughout the month. The clearest day of the month is December 24, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 53% of the time. For reference, on November 25, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 49%, while on August 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 69%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Ulaan Khat, the chance of a wet day over the course of December is essentially constant, remaining around 1% throughout. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 19% on July 3, and its lowest chance is 1% on February 14. SunOver the course of December in Ulaan Khat, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is December 21, with 8 hours, 22 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 1, with 8 hours, 40 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the month in Ulaan Khat is 8:29 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 21 minutes later at 8:50 AM on December 31. The earliest sunset is 5:07 PM on December 11 and the latest sunset is 10 minutes later at 5:17 PM on December 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Ulaan Khat during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:00 AM and sets 16 hours, 3 minutes later, at 9:03 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:47 AM and sets 8 hours, 22 minutes later, at 5:10 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. MoonThe 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.
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 Ulaan Khat is essentially constant during December, remaining around 0% throughout. 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 Ulaan Khat is gradually decreasing during December, decreasing from 7.1 miles per hour to 6.4 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on May 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.9 miles per hour, while on January 22, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.2 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Ulaan Khat throughout December is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 54% on December 27. 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 Ulaan Khat typically lasts for 1.3 months (38 days), from around June 27 to around August 4, rarely starting before June 3, or ending after August 24. The month of December in Ulaan Khat 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 Ulaan Khat are essentially constant during December, remaining around 406°F throughout. 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 Ulaan Khat is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 1.6 kWh throughout. The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during December is 1.5 kWh on December 20. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ulaan Khat are 47.983 deg latitude, 89.842 deg longitude, and 8,173 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Ulaan Khat contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,415 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 8,405 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (4,833 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (10,052 feet). The area within 2 miles of Ulaan Khat is covered by sparse vegetation (31%), grassland (28%), bare soil (20%), and trees (11%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (31%) and bare soil (27%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (40%) and grassland (31%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Ulaan Khat, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Ulaan Khat 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 Ulaan Khat, 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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