July Weather in Bessemer City United States

Daily high temperatures are around 88°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 95°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 89°F on July 20.

Daily low temperatures are around 69°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 73°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 70°F on July 23.

For reference, on July 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Bessemer City typically range from 70°F to 89°F, while on January 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from 32°F to 51°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.

Podgorica, Montenegro (5,102 miles away); Kışlak, Turkey (6,087 miles); and Luoqiao, China (7,977 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Bessemer City (view comparison).

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The month of July in Bessemer City experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 44% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46% on July 12.

The clearest day of the month is July 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 57% of the time.

For reference, on January 4, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 50%, while on October 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 66%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Bessemer City, the chance of a wet day over the course of July is gradually increasing, starting the month at 40% and ending it at 42%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 44% on July 10, and its lowest chance is 18% on October 29.

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 Bessemer City is gradually increasing, starting the month at 3.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.3 inches or falls below 1.2 inches, and ending the month at 3.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.8 inches or falls below 1.4 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 3.1 inches on July 6.

Over the course of July in Bessemer City, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 34 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 9 seconds, and weekly decrease of 8 minutes, 1 second.

The shortest day of the month is July 31, with 13 hours, 55 minutes of daylight and the longest day is July 1, with 14 hours, 30 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Bessemer City is 6:14 AM on July 1 and the latest sunrise is 19 minutes later at 6:33 AM on July 31.

The latest sunset is 8:43 PM on July 1 and the earliest sunset is 15 minutes earlier at 8:28 PM on July 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Bessemer 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 6:10 AM and sets 14 hours, 32 minutes later, at 8:43 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:30 AM and sets 9 hours, 47 minutes later, at 5:16 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 Bessemer City is rapidly increasing during July, rising from 68% to 80% over the course of the month.

The highest chance of a muggy day during July is 81% on July 24.

For reference, on July 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 81% of the time, while on January 24, 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 Bessemer City is essentially constant during July, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 4.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.5 miles per hour, while on July 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during July is 4.8 miles per hour on July 31.

The hourly average wind direction in Bessemer City throughout July is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 34% on July 4.

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 Bessemer City typically lasts for 7.6 months (231 days), from around March 22 to around November 8, rarely starting before March 3 or after April 13, and rarely ending before October 21 or after November 27.

The month of July in Bessemer 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 Bessemer City are rapidly increasing during July, increasing by 821°F, from 1,967°F to 2,788°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 Bessemer City is essentially constant during July, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 6.6 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Bessemer City are 35.285 deg latitude, -81.284 deg longitude, and 896 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Bessemer City contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 322 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 853 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,096 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,703 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Bessemer City is covered by trees (57%), artificial surfaces (23%), and cropland (20%), within 10 miles by trees (56%) and cropland (25%), and within 50 miles by trees (59%) and cropland (26%).