August Weather in Baiyun China

Daily high temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 91°F to 87°F, rarely falling below 78°F or exceeding 99°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 71°F to 68°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 74°F.

For reference, on July 13, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Baiyun typically range from 71°F to 92°F, while on January 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 35°F to 54°F.

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

Clinton, North Carolina, United States (8,081 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Baiyun (view comparison).

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The month of August in Baiyun experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 72% to 63%.

The clearest day of the month is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 37% of the time.

For reference, on June 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79%, while on December 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 73%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Baiyun, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is essentially constant, remaining around 37% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 50% on June 9, and its lowest chance is 11% on December 17.

Rainfall

To 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 August in Baiyun is gradually increasing, starting the month at 5.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.0 inches or falls below 1.6 inches, and ending the month at 6.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.7 inches or falls below 1.9 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 6.2 inches on August 23.

Over the course of August in Baiyun, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 40 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 19 seconds, and weekly decrease of 9 minutes, 16 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 41 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 13 hours, 20 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Baiyun is 5:30 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 14 minutes later at 5:44 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 6:50 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 26 minutes earlier at 6:24 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Baiyun during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:12 AM and sets 13 hours, 46 minutes later, at 6:59 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:47 AM and sets 10 hours, 31 minutes later, at 5:17 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 August 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 Baiyun is rapidly decreasing during August, falling from 95% to 84% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 96% of the time, while on January 7, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

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 Baiyun is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 4.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on October 11, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour, while on May 20, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.9 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during August is 4.1 miles per hour on August 23.

The wind direction in Baiyun during August is predominantly out of the south from August 1 to August 16 and the east from August 16 to August 31.

Baiyun is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Baiyun is essentially constant during August, remaining around 81°F throughout.

The highest average surface water temperature during August is 81°F on August 26.

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 Baiyun typically lasts for 8.6 months (262 days), from around March 11 to around November 28, rarely starting before February 19 or after April 2, and rarely ending before November 4 or after December 20.

The month of August in Baiyun 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 Baiyun are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 806°F, from 2,815°F to 3,622°F, over the course of the month.

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 Baiyun is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.5 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Baiyun are 26.036 deg latitude, 118.906 deg longitude, and 1,703 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Baiyun contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,280 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,045 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (3,970 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (5,955 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Baiyun is covered by trees (68%) and grassland (20%), within 10 miles by trees (75%) and grassland (13%), and within 50 miles by trees (66%) and grassland (12%).