January Weather at Herat International Airport AfghanistanDaily high temperatures are around 51°F, rarely falling below 39°F or exceeding 63°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 50°F on January 11. Daily low temperatures are around 31°F, rarely falling below 20°F or exceeding 41°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 30°F on January 11. For reference, on July 10, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Herat International Airport typically range from 74°F to 99°F, while on January 11, the coldest day of the year, they range from 30°F to 50°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. Altus, United States (7,541 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Herat International Airport (view comparison). CloudsThe month of January at Herat International Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 33% throughout the month. The clearest day of the month is January 25, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 68% of the time. For reference, on March 15, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 39%, while on August 29, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 100%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Herat International Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is increasing, starting the month at 10% and ending it at 16%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 17% on February 16, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 31. Over the course of January at Herat International Airport, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 6% to 11%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 3% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 2% throughout. RainfallTo 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 Herat International Airport is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.3 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.0 inches or falls below 0.1 inches. SnowfallAs with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day. The average sliding 31-day snowfall during January at Herat International Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 2.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 5.9 inches or falling below -0.0 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.1 inches on January 7. SunOver the course of January at Herat International Airport, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 35 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 10 seconds, and weekly increase of 8 minutes, 8 seconds. The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 9 hours, 55 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 30 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month at Herat International Airport is 7:27 AM on January 8 and the earliest sunrise is 8 minutes earlier at 7:19 AM on January 31. The earliest sunset is 5:21 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 28 minutes later at 5:49 PM on January 31. Daylight saving time is not observed at Herat International Airport during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:09 AM and sets 14 hours, 26 minutes later, at 7:36 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:23 AM and sets 9 hours, 52 minutes later, at 5:15 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 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.
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 at Herat International Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on May 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 at Herat International Airport is gradually increasing during January, increasing from 10.2 miles per hour to 10.9 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on July 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 20.2 miles per hour, while on November 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.2 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction at Herat International Airport throughout January is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 54% on January 16. 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 at Herat International Airport typically lasts for 8.1 months (249 days), from around March 16 to around November 20, rarely starting before February 23 or after April 6, and rarely ending before October 28 or after December 13. The month of January at Herat International Airport 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 at Herat International Airport are essentially constant during January, remaining within 14°F of 15°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 at Herat International Airport is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 3.1 kWh to 3.8 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Herat International Airport are 34.211 deg latitude, 62.229 deg longitude, and 3,219 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Herat International Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 217 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,220 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,083 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (9,131 feet). The area within 2 miles of Herat International Airport is covered by cropland (40%), artificial surfaces (26%), and grassland (25%), within 10 miles by cropland (55%) and bare soil (20%), and within 50 miles by grassland (38%) and bare soil (37%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather at Herat International Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointHerat International Airport 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. There are no other weather stations in our network within 200 kilometers of this location. Consequently, in the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on NASA's MERRA-2 modern-era reanalysis , adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal differences between this station and the wide-area MERRA-2 reconstructed values.Other DataAll 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. DisclaimerThe information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. We assume no responsibility for any decisions made on the basis of the content presented on this site. 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