July Weather in Qingshui ChinaDaily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 90°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 83°F on July 16. Daily low temperatures increase by 2°F, from 64°F to 66°F, rarely falling below 59°F or exceeding 71°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 66°F on July 23. For reference, on July 16, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Qingshui typically range from 66°F to 83°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 12°F to 30°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on July. 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. Manning, United States (6,470 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Qingshui (view comparison). CloudsThe month of July in Qingshui experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 40% throughout the month. The clearest day of the month is July 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 62% of the time. For reference, on June 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 44%, while on December 8, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 76%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Qingshui, the chance of a wet day over the course of July is increasing, starting the month at 34% and ending it at 39%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 39% on July 27, and its lowest chance is 0% on December 16. 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 July in Qingshui is increasing, starting the month at 3.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.2 inches or falls below 1.8 inches, and ending the month at 4.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.2 inches or falls below 2.2 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 4.6 inches on July 22. SunOver the course of July in Qingshui, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 41 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 21 seconds, and weekly decrease of 9 minutes, 28 seconds. The shortest day of the month is July 31, with 14 hours, 17 minutes of daylight and the longest day is July 1, with 14 hours, 57 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the month in Qingshui is 4:52 AM on July 1 and the latest sunrise is 23 minutes later at 5:15 AM on July 31. The latest sunset is 7:50 PM on July 1 and the earliest sunset is 18 minutes earlier at 7:32 PM on July 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Qingshui during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:48 AM and sets 15 hours, 1 minute later, at 7:49 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:35 AM and sets 9 hours, 20 minutes later, at 4:55 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 July 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 Qingshui is very rapidly increasing during July, rising from 25% to 56% over the course of the month. The highest chance of a muggy day during July is 56% on July 30. For reference, on July 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 56% of the time, while on November 4, 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 Qingshui is essentially constant during July, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 4.3 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on December 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.9 miles per hour, while on August 14, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.0 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Qingshui throughout July is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 48% on July 26. 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 Qingshui typically lasts for 6.6 months (203 days), from around April 2 to around October 22, rarely starting before March 16 or after April 20, and rarely ending before October 6 or after November 7. The month of July in Qingshui is reliably fully 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 Qingshui are rapidly increasing during July, increasing by 698°F, from 1,211°F to 1,910°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 Qingshui is gradually decreasing during July, falling by 0.5 kWh, from 6.4 kWh to 5.8 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Qingshui are 39.944 deg latitude, 115.615 deg longitude, and 1,611 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Qingshui contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,113 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,099 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,122 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (9,252 feet). The area within 2 miles of Qingshui is covered by trees (85%), within 10 miles by trees (88%), and within 50 miles by trees (43%) and cropland (30%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Qingshui, 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, Beijing Capital International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Qingshui. At a distance of 84 kilometers from Qingshui, 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 Qingshui 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. 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