July Weather in Benton City United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 88°F to 93°F, rarely falling below 77°F or exceeding 102°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 93°F on July 31.

Daily low temperatures increase by 3°F, from 58°F to 61°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 69°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 61°F on July 30.

For reference, on July 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Benton City typically range from 61°F to 93°F, while on December 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 26°F to 37°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on July. 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.

Миладиновци, Macedonia (5,896 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Benton City (view comparison).

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The month of July in Benton City experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 28% to 18%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 18% on July 28.

The clearest day of the month is July 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 82% of the time.

For reference, on January 16, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 66%, while on July 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 82%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Benton City, the chance of a wet day over the course of July is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 5% and ending it at 3%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 22% on November 30, and its lowest chance is 3% on August 15.

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 July in Benton City is essentially constant, remaining about 0.2 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.6 inches.

Over the course of July in Benton City, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 53 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 47 seconds, and weekly decrease of 12 minutes, 28 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is July 31, with 14 hours, 49 minutes of daylight and the longest day is July 1, with 15 hours, 43 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Benton City is 5:10 AM on July 1 and the latest sunrise is 29 minutes later at 5:39 AM on July 31.

The latest sunset is 8:53 PM on July 1 and the earliest sunset is 25 minutes earlier at 8:28 PM on July 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Benton City during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during July, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:05 AM and sets 15 hours, 48 minutes later, at 8:53 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:38 AM and sets 8 hours, 36 minutes later, at 4:14 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 July 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 Benton City is essentially constant during July, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 15, 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.

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 Benton City is gradually decreasing during July, decreasing from 8.0 miles per hour to 7.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on March 28, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.5 miles per hour, while on September 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.9 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Benton City throughout July is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 73% on July 17.

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 Benton City typically lasts for 6.0 months (184 days), from around April 14 to around October 15, rarely starting before March 27 or after May 4, and rarely ending before September 27 or after November 2.

The month of July in Benton City is reliably fully 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 in Benton City are rapidly increasing during July, increasing by 720°F, from 1,201°F to 1,921°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 in Benton City is essentially constant during July, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 7.6 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during July is 7.8 kWh on July 12.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Benton City are 46.263 deg latitude, -119.488 deg longitude, and 489 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Benton City contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,388 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 647 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,084 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (3,957 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Benton City is covered by shrubs (47%), cropland (39%), and artificial surfaces (14%), within 10 miles by shrubs (52%) and cropland (33%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (51%) and cropland (37%).