December Weather in Tuquan China

Daily high temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 22°F to 14°F, rarely falling below 4°F or exceeding 33°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 9°F, from 5°F to -4°F, rarely falling below -13°F or exceeding 14°F.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Tuquan typically range from 64°F to 86°F, while on January 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from -5°F to 13°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.

Winnipeg, Canada (5,461 miles away) and Fedorovka, Kazakhstan (3,107 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Tuquan (view comparison).

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The month of December in Tuquan experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 29% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is December 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 73% of the time.

For reference, on June 19, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 47%, while on January 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 76%.

Over the course of December in Tuquan, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is December 21, with 8 hours, 43 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 1, with 8 hours, 59 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Tuquan is 7:12 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 20 minutes later at 7:33 AM on December 31.

The earliest sunset is 4:10 PM on December 10 and the latest sunset is 10 minutes later at 4:20 PM on December 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Tuquan during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:05 AM and sets 15 hours, 40 minutes later, at 7:45 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:30 AM and sets 8 hours, 43 minutes later, at 4:13 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 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.

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 Tuquan is essentially constant during December, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 21% of the time, while on January 1, 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 Tuquan is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 10.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.5 miles per hour, while on July 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.3 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Tuquan during December is predominantly out of the west from December 1 to December 8 and the north from December 8 to December 31.

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 Tuquan typically lasts for 5.2 months (157 days), from around April 30 to around October 4, rarely starting before April 15 or after May 14, and rarely ending before September 19 or after October 20.

The month of December in Tuquan 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 Tuquan are essentially constant during December, remaining around 2,749°F throughout.

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 Tuquan is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 1.8 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during December is 1.8 kWh on December 22.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Tuquan are 45.403 deg latitude, 121.605 deg longitude, and 938 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Tuquan contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 282 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 979 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,407 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,990 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Tuquan is covered by cropland (51%), grassland (26%), and shrubs (13%), within 10 miles by cropland (50%) and grassland (26%), and within 50 miles by grassland (38%) and cropland (29%).