January Weather at Buckeye Municipal Airport United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 3°F, from 64°F to 67°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 76°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 41°F, rarely falling below 33°F or exceeding 50°F.

For reference, on July 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Buckeye Municipal Airport typically range from 77°F to 106°F, while on December 26, the coldest day of the year, they range from 40°F to 64°F.

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.

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The month of January at Buckeye Municipal Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 34% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is January 21, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 67% of the time.

For reference, on February 19, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 37%, while on September 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 87%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Buckeye Municipal Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 9% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 16% on August 23, and its lowest chance is 0% on June 12.

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 at Buckeye Municipal Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 0.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.1 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of January at Buckeye Municipal Airport, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 34 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 9 seconds, and weekly increase of 8 minutes, 0 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 9 hours, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 33 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Buckeye Municipal Airport is 7:35 AM on January 8 and the earliest sunrise is 8 minutes earlier at 7:27 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:33 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 27 minutes later at 6:01 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Buckeye Municipal Airport during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:21 AM and sets 14 hours, 22 minutes later, at 7:43 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:31 AM and sets 9 hours, 56 minutes later, at 5:27 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 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.

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 at Buckeye Municipal Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 20% of the time, while on December 3, 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 at Buckeye Municipal Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 7.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 26, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.1 miles per hour, while on August 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during January is 7.3 miles per hour on January 6.

The hourly average wind direction at Buckeye Municipal Airport throughout January is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 46% on January 8.

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 at Buckeye Municipal Airport typically lasts for 11 months (333 days), from around January 15 to around December 13, rarely starting after February 18, or ending before November 20.

During January at Buckeye Municipal Airport, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is rapidly increasing rising from 36% to 69% over the course of the month.

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 at Buckeye Municipal Airport are gradually increasing during January, increasing by 156°F, from 5°F to 161°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 at Buckeye Municipal Airport is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.7 kWh, from 3.2 kWh to 3.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Buckeye Municipal Airport are 33.421 deg latitude, -112.684 deg longitude, and 1,007 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Buckeye Municipal Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 151 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,012 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,336 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,226 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Buckeye Municipal Airport is covered by shrubs (70%) and cropland (28%), within 10 miles by shrubs (79%) and cropland (17%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (86%).