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January Weather in Shitun China

Daily high temperatures are around 57°F, rarely falling below 45°F or exceeding 71°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 56°F on January 20.

Daily low temperatures are around 36°F, rarely falling below 25°F or exceeding 48°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 36°F on January 23.

For reference, on July 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Shitun typically range from 74°F to 95°F, while on January 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 56°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in January in Shitun

Average High and Low Temperature in January in ShitunJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313125°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°FDecFebJan 2056°FJan 2056°F36°F36°FJan 158°FJan 158°F36°F36°FJan 3157°FJan 3157°F36°F36°FJan 1157°FJan 1157°F36°F36°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 January. 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 January in Shitun

Average Hourly Temperature in January in ShitunJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMDecFebvery coldvery coldcoldcoldcoolcoldcold
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.

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The month of January in Shitun experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 32% to 41%.

The clearest day of the month is January 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 68% of the time.

For reference, on June 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79%, while on December 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 72%.

Cloud Cover Categories in January in Shitun

Cloud Cover Categories in January in ShitunJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%DecFebJan 168%Jan 168%Jan 3159%Jan 3159%Jan 1164%Jan 1164%Jan 2161%Jan 2161%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
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 Shitun, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 26%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 55% on June 9, and its lowest chance is 13% on December 18.

Over the course of January in Shitun, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 15% to 24%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 2% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

Probability of Precipitation in January in Shitun

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).

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 January in Shitun is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.3 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the month at 2.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.4 inches or falls below 0.8 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in January in Shitun

The average rainfall (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 snowfall.

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 January in Shitun is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.7 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Snowfall in January in Shitun

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 January in Shitun, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 26 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 52 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 3 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 10 hours, 27 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 53 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in January in Shitun

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 latest sunrise of the month in Shitun is 6:56 AM on January 13 and the earliest sunrise is 4 minutes earlier at 6:52 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:21 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 23 minutes later at 5:44 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Shitun during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:10 AM and sets 13 hours, 52 minutes later, at 7:02 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:50 AM and sets 10 hours, 25 minutes later, at 5:15 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in January in Shitun

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in January in ShitunJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMDecFeb6:52 AM6:52 AMJan 315:44 PMJan 315:44 PM6:54 AM6:54 AMJan 15:21 PMJan 15:21 PM6:56 AM6:56 AMJan 135:30 PMJan 135:30 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day over the course of January. 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 January in Shitun

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in January in ShitunJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMDecFeb001010202020303040500001010202030303040
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of January 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 January 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 January in Shitun

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in January in ShitunJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMDecFebDec 137:33 AMDec 137:33 AMDec 278:34 AMDec 278:34 AMJan 117:58 PMJan 117:58 PMJan 261:55 AMJan 261:55 AMFeb 107:00 AMFeb 107:00 AMFeb 248:31 PMFeb 248:31 PM6:58 AM6:58 AM5:17 PM5:17 PM4:26 PM4:26 PM7:07 AM7:07 AM6:45 AM6:45 AM5:07 PM5:07 PM5:09 PM5:09 PM7:23 AM7:23 AM7:05 AM7:05 AM6:16 PM6:16 PM5:50 PM5:50 PM7:02 AM7:02 AM
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.
Jan 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
79%-10:30 AMWNW10:03 PME3:53 AMS251,361 mi
2
71%-10:58 AMW10:55 PME4:33 AMS251,584 mi
3
62%-11:25 AMW11:46 PME5:11 AMS251,015 mi
4
50%-11:52 AMW-5:50 AMS249,616 mi
5
43%12:39 AME12:21 PMWSW-6:30 AMS247,415 mi
6
33%1:33 AMESE12:52 PMWSW-7:13 AMS244,509 mi
7
23%2:31 AMESE1:28 PMWSW-7:59 AMS241,072 mi
8
15%3:32 AMESE2:10 PMWSW-8:51 AMS237,347 mi
9
8%4:37 AMESE3:01 PMWSW-9:48 AMS233,639 mi
10
3%5:42 AMESE4:00 PMWSW-10:51 AMS230,283 mi
11
0%6:45 AMESE5:07 PMWSW-11:56 AMS227,600 mi
12
1%7:42 AMESE6:18 PMWSW-1:01 PMS225,838 mi
13
4%8:32 AMESE7:30 PMWSW-2:01 PMS225,119 mi
14
11%9:14 AMESE8:39 PMWSW-2:57 PMS225,430 mi
15
20%9:52 AME9:45 PMW-3:48 PMS226,637 mi
16
30%10:27 AME10:49 PMW-4:36 PMS228,534 mi
17
41%11:00 AME11:51 PMW-5:23 PMS230,886 mi
18
50%11:33 AMENE--6:11 PMS233,474 mi
19
64%-12:53 AMWNW12:09 PMENE7:00 PMS236,122 mi
20
74%-1:56 AMWNW12:48 PMENE7:51 PMS238,707 mi
21
83%-2:59 AMWNW1:31 PMENE8:44 PMS241,155 mi
22
90%-4:01 AMWNW2:20 PMENE9:39 PMN243,432 mi
23
96%-5:00 AMWNW3:14 PMENE10:34 PMN245,522 mi
24
99%-5:54 AMWNW4:11 PMENE11:28 PMS247,410 mi
25
100%-6:41 AMWNW5:09 PMENE--
26
100%-7:23 AMWNW6:07 PMENE12:19 AMS249,068 mi
27
99%-7:59 AMWNW7:02 PMENE1:05 AMS250,445 mi
28
96%-8:30 AMWNW7:56 PMENE1:49 AMS251,470 mi
29
92%-8:59 AMW8:48 PME2:30 AMS252,048 mi
30
86%-9:26 AMW9:39 PME3:09 AMS252,079 mi
31
79%-9:53 AMW10:31 PME3:47 AMS251,468 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 Shitun is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on January 21, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in January in Shitun

Humidity Comfort Levels in January in ShitunJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%DecFebJan 230%Jan 230%Jan 10%Jan 10%Jan 310%Jan 310%Jan 110%Jan 110%drydryhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortable
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 Shitun is essentially constant during January, remaining around 3.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.5 miles per hour, while on August 24, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 2.9 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during January is 3.3 miles per hour on January 14.

Average Wind Speed in January in Shitun

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 Shitun throughout January is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 46% on January 1.

Wind Direction in January in Shitun

Wind Direction in January in ShitunJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%DecFebeastnorthsouthwest
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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).

Shitun 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 Shitun is gradually decreasing during January, falling by 3°F, from 59°F to 56°F, over the course of the month.

Average Water Temperature in January in Shitun

Average Water Temperature in January in ShitunJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313152°F52°F54°F54°F56°F56°F58°F58°F60°F60°F62°F62°F64°F64°F66°F66°F68°F68°FDecFebJan 159°FJan 159°FJan 3156°FJan 3156°FJan 1158°FJan 1158°FJan 2157°FJan 2157°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Shitun typically lasts for 8.7 months (265 days), from around March 7 to around November 27, rarely starting before February 14 or after March 28, and rarely ending before November 6 or after December 18.

The month of January in Shitun is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January in Shitun

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January in ShitunJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%DecFeb-0%Jan 16-0%Jan 16Feb 1410%Feb 1410%freezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortable
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 Shitun are gradually increasing during January, increasing by 69°F, from 2°F to 71°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in January in Shitun

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of January, 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 Shitun is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 3.4 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during January is 3.3 kWh on January 11.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January in Shitun

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January in ShitunJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 kWh0.0 kWh0.5 kWh0.5 kWh1.0 kWh1.0 kWh1.5 kWh1.5 kWh2.0 kWh2.0 kWh2.5 kWh2.5 kWh3.0 kWh3.0 kWh3.5 kWh3.5 kWh4.0 kWh4.0 kWh4.5 kWh4.5 kWh5.0 kWh5.0 kWh5.5 kWh5.5 kWh6.0 kWh6.0 kWhDecFebJan 113.3 kWhJan 113.3 kWhJan 13.4 kWhJan 13.4 kWhJan 313.6 kWhJan 313.6 kWhJan 213.4 kWhJan 213.4 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 Shitun are 27.358 deg latitude, 118.753 deg longitude, and 614 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shitun contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 892 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 756 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,533 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,165 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shitun is covered by grassland (53%), cropland (16%), trees (14%), and shrubs (13%), within 10 miles by trees (47%) and grassland (27%), and within 50 miles by trees (66%) and grassland (17%).

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

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Mazu, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Shitun.

At a distance of 179 kilometers from Shitun, further than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed insufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. Consequently, the station records are blended with interpolated values from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis , and both are corrected for elevation differences according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

The weight assigned to the MERRA-2 value depends on the distance from Shitun to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 37%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 63%.

Other Data

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.

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.

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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