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December Weather at Ma'An Jordan

Daily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 62°F to 56°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 73°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 42°F to 37°F, rarely falling below 31°F or exceeding 48°F.

For reference, on August 8, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Ma'An typically range from 67°F to 93°F, while on January 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 55°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in December at Ma'An

Average High and Low Temperature in December at Ma'AnDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313130°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°FNovJanDec 162°FDec 162°F42°F42°FDec 3156°FDec 3156°F37°F37°FDec 1160°FDec 1160°F39°F39°FDec 2158°FDec 2158°F38°F38°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 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 at Ma'An

Average Hourly Temperature in December at Ma'AnDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMNovJanvery coldvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablecool
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.

Clarkdale, Arizona, United States (7,494 miles away); Cordova, Alabama, United States (6,670 miles); and North Hartsville, South Carolina, United States (6,333 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Ma'An (view comparison).

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The month of December at Ma'An 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 highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 33% on December 18.

The clearest day of the month is December 3, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 69% of the time.

For reference, on December 18, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 33%, while on August 31, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 100%.

Cloud Cover Categories in December at Ma'An

Cloud Cover Categories in December at Ma'AnDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%NovJanAug 31100%Aug 31100%Dec 169%Dec 169%Dec 3169%Dec 3169%Dec 1168%Dec 1168%Dec 2167%Dec 2167%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. At Ma'An, the chance of a wet day over the course of December is gradually increasing, starting the month at 4% and ending it at 6%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 9% on February 2, and its lowest chance is -0% on June 29.

Probability of Precipitation in December at Ma'An

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 at Ma'An is essentially constant, remaining about 0.3 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in December at Ma'An

Average Monthly Rainfall in December at Ma'AnDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 in0.0 in0.2 in0.2 in0.4 in0.4 in0.6 in0.6 in0.8 in0.8 in1.0 in1.0 in1.2 in1.2 in1.4 in1.4 inNovJanDec 10.2 inDec 10.2 inDec 310.4 inDec 310.4 inDec 110.3 inDec 110.3 inDec 210.3 inDec 210.3 in
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 at Ma'An, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is December 21, with 10 hours, 12 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 1, with 10 hours, 21 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in December at Ma'An

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in December at Ma'AnDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrNovJanDec 2110 hr, 12 minDec 2110 hr, 12 minnightnightdaydayDec 110 hr, 21 minDec 110 hr, 21 min
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 at Ma'An is 7:15 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 17 minutes later at 7:32 AM on December 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:36 PM on December 2 and the latest sunset is 11 minutes later at 5:47 PM on December 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Ma'An during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:35 AM and sets 14 hours, 6 minutes later, at 7:41 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:29 AM and sets 10 hours, 12 minutes later, at 5:41 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in December at Ma'An

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 at Ma'An

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in December at Ma'AnDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMNovJan00101020202030304000010102020303030
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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 at Ma'An

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in December at Ma'AnDec112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMNovJanNov 13:48 PMNov 13:48 PMNov 1612:29 AMNov 1612:29 AMDec 19:22 AMDec 19:22 AMDec 1512:02 PMDec 1512:02 PMDec 311:28 AMDec 311:28 AMJan 141:28 AMJan 141:28 AMJan 293:37 PMJan 293:37 PM6:37 AM6:37 AM5:36 PM5:36 PM5:08 PM5:08 PM7:33 AM7:33 AM7:25 AM7:25 AM5:30 PM5:30 PM4:33 PM4:33 PM7:31 AM7:31 AM8:07 AM8:07 AM6:11 PM6:11 PM5:22 PM5:22 PM8:07 AM8:07 AM7:33 AM7:33 AM6:08 PM6:08 PM
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%7:25 AMESE5:30 PMWSW-12:27 PMS245,991 mi
2
1%8:25 AMESE6:21 PMWSW-1:23 PMS243,936 mi
3
5%9:22 AMESE7:19 PMWSW-2:20 PMS241,813 mi
4
11%10:14 AMESE8:21 PMWSW-3:18 PMS239,668 mi
5
19%10:59 AMESE9:26 PMWSW-4:13 PMS237,524 mi
6
28%11:39 AMESE10:32 PMWSW-5:06 PMS235,398 mi
7
39%12:15 PMESE11:36 PMWSW-5:55 PMS233,317 mi
8
50%12:47 PME--6:43 PMS231,342 mi
9
62%-12:40 AMW1:18 PME7:30 PMS229,574 mi
10
73%-1:44 AMW1:49 PME8:17 PMS228,156 mi
11
83%-2:50 AMW2:23 PMENE9:07 PMS227,257 mi
12
91%-3:58 AMWNW3:00 PMENE10:01 PMS227,047 mi
13
97%-5:09 AMWNW3:43 PMENE10:59 PMS227,657 mi
14
99%-6:21 AMWNW4:33 PMENE--
15
100%-7:31 AMWNW5:31 PMENE12:00 AMS229,141 mi
16
100%-8:35 AMWNW6:35 PMENE1:03 AMS231,443 mi
17
97%-9:30 AMWNW7:41 PMENE2:05 AMS234,394 mi
18
92%-10:15 AMWNW8:46 PMENE3:01 AMS237,741 mi
19
85%-10:53 AMWNW9:48 PMENE3:53 AMS241,188 mi
20
76%-11:25 AMWNW10:46 PMENE4:39 AMS244,444 mi
21
67%-11:54 AMW11:41 PME5:22 AMS247,253 mi
22
58%-12:20 PMW-6:02 AMS249,415 mi
23
50%12:34 AME12:45 PMW-6:41 AMS250,796 mi
24
38%1:27 AME1:10 PMW-7:19 AMS251,329 mi
25
29%2:21 AMESE1:38 PMWSW-7:59 AMS251,020 mi
26
21%3:16 AMESE2:08 PMWSW-8:42 AMS249,939 mi
27
13%4:13 AMESE2:43 PMWSW-9:28 AMS248,211 mi
28
7%5:13 AMESE3:24 PMWSW-10:18 AMS246,003 mi
29
3%6:13 AMESE4:13 PMWSW-11:13 AMS243,512 mi
30
0%7:12 AMESE5:09 PMWSW-12:11 PMS240,939 mi
31
0%8:07 AMESE6:11 PMWSW-1:09 PMS238,470 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 at Ma'An is essentially constant during December, remaining around 0% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during December is 0% on December 25.

For reference, on August 18, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on November 9, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in December at Ma'An

Humidity Comfort Levels in December at Ma'AnDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%NovJanDec 250%Dec 250%Dec 10%Dec 10%Dec 110%Dec 110%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 at Ma'An is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 8.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.7 miles per hour, while on October 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in December at Ma'An

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 at Ma'An throughout December is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 41% on December 26.

Wind Direction in December at Ma'An

Wind Direction in December at Ma'AnNEWDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NovJanwesteastnorthsouth
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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).

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 Ma'An typically lasts for 10 months (307 days), from around February 17 to around December 19, rarely starting after March 25, or ending before November 20.

During December at Ma'An, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 80% to 27% over the course of the month.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in December at Ma'An

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in December at Ma'Angrowing seasonDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%NovJan80%Dec 180%Dec 1Dec 3127%Dec 3127%66%Dec 1166%Dec 11Dec 2147%Dec 2147%90%Nov 2090%Nov 20very coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmfreezing
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 at Ma'An are gradually increasing during December, increasing by 83°F, from 5,400°F to 5,483°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in December at Ma'An

Growing Degree Days in December at Ma'AnDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031315,100°F5,100°F5,200°F5,200°F5,300°F5,300°F5,400°F5,400°F5,500°F5,500°F5,600°F5,600°F5,700°F5,700°F5,800°F5,800°FNovJanDec 15,400°FDec 15,400°FDec 315,483°FDec 315,483°FDec 115,436°FDec 115,436°FDec 215,461°FDec 215,461°F
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 at Ma'An is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 3.7 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during December is 3.6 kWh on December 23.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in December at Ma'An

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in December at Ma'AnDec11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 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 kWhNovJanDec 233.6 kWhDec 233.6 kWhDec 13.8 kWhDec 13.8 kWhDec 113.6 kWhDec 113.6 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 Ma'An are 30.167 deg latitude, 35.783 deg longitude, and 3,484 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ma'An contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 259 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,447 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,237 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (6,266 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ma'An is covered by bare soil (100%), within 10 miles by bare soil (99%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (97%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Ma'An, 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

Ma'An has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back are Ovda Airport, King Hussein International Airport, Eilat Airport, Beer-Sheva, Queen Alia International Airport, Jerusalem, and Jerusalem Airport.

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 .

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