February Weather in Cangshan ChinaDaily high temperatures increase by 12°F, from -1°F to 11°F, rarely falling below -13°F or exceeding 22°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 11°F, from -20°F to -8°F, rarely falling below -33°F or exceeding 4°F. For reference, on July 12, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Cangshan typically range from 55°F to 75°F, while on January 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from -22°F to -5°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. 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. Yellowknife, Canada (3,941 miles away) and Thompson, Canada (4,644 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Cangshan (view comparison). CloudsThe month of February in Cangshan experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 58% to 66%. The clearest day of the month is February 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 42% of the time. For reference, on March 7, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 66%, while on August 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 51%. PrecipitationSunOver the course of February in Cangshan, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 44 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 44 seconds, and weekly increase of 26 minutes, 7 seconds. The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 9 hours, 6 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 10 hours, 51 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month in Cangshan is 7:26 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 53 minutes earlier at 6:33 AM on February 29. The earliest sunset is 4:32 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 51 minutes later at 5:23 PM on February 29. Daylight saving time is not observed in Cangshan during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:26 AM and sets 16 hours, 42 minutes later, at 8:08 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:50 AM and sets 7 hours, 47 minutes later, at 3:37 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 February 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 Cangshan is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% of the time, while on September 7, 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 Cangshan is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 7.3 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on February 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour, while on July 17, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.8 miles per hour. The highest daily average wind speed during February is 7.4 miles per hour on February 6. The hourly average wind direction in Cangshan throughout February is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 58% on February 1. 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 Cangshan typically lasts for 3.8 months (117 days), from around May 20 to around September 15, rarely starting before May 3 or after June 7, and rarely ending before August 31 or after September 30. The month of February in Cangshan 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 Cangshan are essentially constant during February, remaining around 0°F throughout. 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 Cangshan is increasing during February, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 1.7 kWh to 2.8 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Cangshan are 51.788 deg latitude, 123.592 deg longitude, and 1,942 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Cangshan contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,358 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,318 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,218 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (3,714 feet). The area within 2 miles of Cangshan is covered by trees (95%), within 10 miles by trees (96%), and within 50 miles by trees (92%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Cangshan, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Cangshan is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Cangshan, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . 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. 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 . 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