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December Weather in Zhu Cheng City China

Daily high temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 46°F to 38°F, rarely falling below 29°F or exceeding 55°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 28°F to 21°F, rarely falling below 11°F or exceeding 39°F.

For reference, on July 28, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Zhu Cheng City typically range from 74°F to 88°F, while on January 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from 20°F to 37°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in December in Zhu Cheng City

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 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.

Average Hourly Temperature in December in Zhu Cheng City

Average Hourly Temperature in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMNovJanNowNowfreezingfreezingvery coldcoldcoldcool
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 December in Zhu Cheng City experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 32% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 30% on December 17.

The clearest day of the month is December 17, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 70% of the time.

For reference, on July 15, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 52%, while on December 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

Cloud Cover Categories in December in Zhu Cheng City

Cloud Cover Categories in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%NovJanJul 1548%Jul 1548%Dec 167%Dec 167%Dec 3169%Dec 3169%Dec 1169%Dec 1169%Dec 2169%Dec 2169%NowNowclearmostly cloudyovercastpartly cloudymostly clear
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 Zhu Cheng City, the chance of a wet day over the course of December is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 6% and ending it at 3%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 39% on July 22, and its lowest chance is 2% on January 23.

Over the course of December in Zhu Cheng City, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 5% to 2%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

Probability of Precipitation in December in Zhu Cheng City

Probability of Precipitation in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%1%1%2%2%3%3%4%4%5%5%6%6%7%7%8%8%9%9%10%10%NovJanDec 16%Dec 16%Dec 313%Dec 313%Dec 115%Dec 115%Dec 214%Dec 214%NowNowmixedrainsnow
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 December in Zhu Cheng City is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.2 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.7 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in December in Zhu Cheng City

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.

Over the course of December in Zhu Cheng City, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is December 22, with 9 hours, 43 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 1, with 9 hours, 54 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in December in Zhu Cheng City

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrNovJanDec 219 hr, 43 minDec 219 hr, 43 minnightnightdaydayDec 19 hr, 54 minDec 19 hr, 54 minNowNow
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 earliest sunrise of the month in Zhu Cheng City is 6:54 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 18 minutes later at 7:12 AM on December 31.

The earliest sunset is 4:47 PM on December 5 and the latest sunset is 10 minutes later at 4:58 PM on December 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Zhu Cheng City during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:45 AM and sets 14 hours, 36 minutes later, at 7:22 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:09 AM and sets 9 hours, 43 minutes later, at 4:51 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in December in Zhu Cheng City

The solar day over the course of December. 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 December in Zhu Cheng City

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMNovJan001010202020303000010102020303030NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of December 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 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in December in Zhu Cheng City

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMNovJanNov 18:48 PMNov 18:48 PMNov 165:29 AMNov 165:29 AMDec 12:22 PMDec 12:22 PMDec 155:02 PMDec 155:02 PMDec 316:28 AMDec 316:28 AMJan 146:28 AMJan 146:28 AMJan 298:37 PMJan 298:37 PM5:59 AM5:59 AM4:45 PM4:45 PM4:11 PM4:11 PM6:57 AM6:57 AM6:54 AM6:54 AM4:27 PM4:27 PM4:23 PM4:23 PM8:07 AM8:07 AM7:40 AM7:40 AM5:03 PM5:03 PM4:13 PM4:13 PM7:39 AM7:39 AM7:04 AM7:04 AM5:03 PM5:03 PMNowNow
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.
Dec 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
0%6:54 AMESE4:27 PMWSW-11:40 AMS246,452 mi
2
1%7:56 AMSE5:15 PMSW-12:35 PMS244,422 mi
3
4%8:54 AMSE6:11 PMSW-1:32 PMS242,309 mi
4
9%9:47 AMSE7:14 PMWSW-2:30 PMS240,166 mi
5
17%10:31 AMESE8:21 PMWSW-3:26 PMS238,021 mi
6
26%11:10 AMESE9:30 PMWSW-4:20 PMS235,888 mi
7
36%11:42 AMESE10:39 PMWSW-5:10 PMS233,793 mi
8
50%12:11 PMESE11:47 PMW-5:58 PMS231,786 mi
9
59%12:38 PME--6:45 PMS229,959 mi
10
71%-12:55 AMW1:05 PME7:32 PMS228,445 mi
11
81%-2:05 AMW1:34 PMENE8:22 PMS227,410 mi
12
90%-3:17 AMWNW2:05 PMENE9:14 PMS227,026 mi
13
96%-4:32 AMWNW2:43 PMENE10:11 PMS227,438 mi
14
99%-5:47 AMWNW3:28 PMENE11:12 PMS228,720 mi
15
100%-7:01 AMNW4:23 PMNE--
16
100%-8:07 AMNW5:26 PMNE12:14 AMS230,843 mi
17
98%-9:02 AMNW6:33 PMENE1:16 AMS233,663 mi
18
93%-9:47 AMWNW7:42 PMENE2:14 AMS236,943 mi
19
86%-10:23 AMWNW8:48 PMENE3:06 AMS240,393 mi
20
78%-10:53 AMWNW9:50 PMENE3:54 AMS243,718 mi
21
70%-11:19 AMWNW10:49 PME4:37 AMS246,651 mi
22
60%-11:41 AMW11:47 PME5:18 AMS248,978 mi
23
50%-12:03 PMW-5:57 AMS250,549 mi
24
41%12:43 AME12:25 PMW-6:35 AMS251,281 mi
25
31%1:40 AMESE12:49 PMWSW-7:15 AMS251,164 mi
26
23%2:38 AMESE1:15 PMWSW-7:57 AMS250,254 mi
27
15%3:39 AMESE1:45 PMWSW-8:42 AMS248,662 mi
28
8%4:41 AMESE2:22 PMWSW-9:31 AMS246,549 mi
29
4%5:44 AMSE3:07 PMSW-10:25 AMS244,106 mi
30
1%6:44 AMSE4:01 PMSW-11:22 AMS241,534 mi
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0%7:40 AMSE5:03 PMSW-12:21 PMS239,026 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 Zhu Cheng City is essentially constant during December, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 27, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 91% of the time, while on November 3, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in December in Zhu Cheng City

Humidity Comfort Levels in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%NovJanDec 10%Dec 10%Dec 310%Dec 310%Dec 110%Dec 110%Dec 210%Dec 210%drydrycomfortablecomfortable
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 Zhu Cheng City is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 9.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on May 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.5 miles per hour, while on August 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.6 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in December in Zhu Cheng City

Average Wind Speed in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphNovJanDec 19.3 mphDec 19.3 mphDec 319.2 mphDec 319.2 mphDec 119.4 mphDec 119.4 mphDec 219.2 mphDec 219.2 mphNowNow
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 Zhu Cheng City throughout December is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 49% on December 30.

Wind Direction in December in Zhu Cheng City

Wind Direction in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NovJanNowNowwestsouthnortheast
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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).

Zhu Cheng City 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 Zhu Cheng City is rapidly decreasing during December, falling by 9°F, from 55°F to 46°F, over the course of the month.

Average Water Temperature in December in Zhu Cheng City

Average Water Temperature in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313135°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°FNovJanDec 155°FDec 155°FDec 3146°FDec 3146°FDec 1151°FDec 1151°FDec 2148°FDec 2148°FNowNow
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 Zhu Cheng City typically lasts for 7.4 months (225 days), from around March 26 to around November 6, rarely starting before March 9 or after April 12, and rarely ending before October 21 or after November 22.

The month of December in Zhu Cheng City is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in December in Zhu Cheng City

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%NovJan0%Dec 160%Dec 1650%Nov 650%Nov 6Nov 2210%Nov 2210%NowNowfreezingvery coldcoldcoolfrigidcomfortable
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 Zhu Cheng City are essentially constant during December, remaining within 2°F of 4,325°F throughout.

Growing Degree Days in December in Zhu Cheng City

Growing Degree Days in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031314,000°F4,000°F4,100°F4,100°F4,200°F4,200°F4,300°F4,300°F4,400°F4,400°F4,500°F4,500°F4,600°F4,600°F4,700°F4,700°FNovJanDec 14,324°FDec 14,324°FDec 314,327°FDec 314,327°FDec 114,327°FDec 114,327°FDec 214,327°FDec 214,327°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of December, 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 Zhu Cheng City is essentially constant during December, remaining around 2.6 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during December is 2.6 kWh on December 19.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in December in Zhu Cheng City

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in December in Zhu Cheng CityDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 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 kWhNovJanDec 192.6 kWhDec 192.6 kWhDec 12.7 kWhDec 12.7 kWhDec 312.6 kWhDec 312.6 kWhNowNow
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 Zhu Cheng City are 35.995 deg latitude, 119.403 deg longitude, and 220 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Zhu Cheng City contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 164 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 216 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,060 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,360 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Zhu Cheng City is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) and cropland (13%), within 10 miles by cropland (78%) and artificial surfaces (13%), and within 50 miles by cropland (60%) and water (16%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Zhu Cheng City, 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, Qingdao Liuting International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Zhu Cheng City.

At a distance of 92 kilometers from Zhu Cheng City, 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 Zhu Cheng City 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 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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