January Weather in Shaqqā Syria

Daily high temperatures are around 50°F, rarely falling below 41°F or exceeding 59°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 49°F on January 17.

Daily low temperatures are around 31°F, rarely falling below 24°F or exceeding 38°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 31°F on January 21.

For reference, on August 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Shaqqā typically range from 61°F to 91°F, while on January 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from 31°F to 49°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.

Phelan, United States (7,503 miles away) and Star Valley, United States (7,360 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Shaqqā (view comparison).

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The month of January in Shaqqā experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 37% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 37% on January 13.

The clearest day of the month is January 27, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 64% of the time.

For reference, on January 12, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 37%, while on July 6, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 100%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Shaqqā, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is gradually increasing, starting the month at 10% and ending it at 14%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 14% on February 6, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 17.

Over the course of January in Shaqqā, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 9% to 12%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

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 in Shaqqā is essentially constant, remaining about 0.7 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.4 inches or falling below 0.1 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 0.7 inches on January 22.

Over the course of January in Shaqqā, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 33 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 6 seconds, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 44 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 10 hours, 1 minute of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 35 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Shaqqā is 7:36 AM on January 9 and the earliest sunrise is 7 minutes earlier at 7:29 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:37 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 27 minutes later at 6:04 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Shaqqā during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:25 AM and sets 14 hours, 19 minutes later, at 7:44 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:32 AM and sets 9 hours, 59 minutes later, at 5:30 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 in Shaqqā is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 15, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% 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 Shaqqā is gradually increasing during January, increasing from 9.1 miles per hour to 10.0 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.7 miles per hour, while on October 16, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Shaqqā throughout January is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 49% on January 31.

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 Shaqqā typically lasts for 8.0 months (247 days), from around March 22 to around November 24, rarely starting before March 1 or after April 17, and rarely ending before November 4 or after December 16.

The month of January in Shaqqā 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 in Shaqqā are essentially constant during January, remaining within 7°F of 7°F throughout.

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 Shaqqā is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 3.0 kWh to 3.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Shaqqā are 32.898 deg latitude, 36.697 deg longitude, and 3,914 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shaqqā contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 453 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,750 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,995 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,830 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shaqqā is covered by cropland (63%) and trees (24%), within 10 miles by cropland (42%) and bare soil (27%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (49%) and cropland (23%).