Summer Weather in Tall Abyaḑ SyriaDaily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 92°F to 97°F, rarely falling below 85°F or exceeding 108°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 102°F on July 23. Daily low temperatures increase by 6°F, from 68°F to 74°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 84°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 78°F on July 25. For reference, on July 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Tall Abyaḑ typically range from 78°F to 102°F, while on January 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 37°F to 51°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average summer temperatures. 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. Enterprise, United States (7,155 miles away) and Dallas, United States (6,860 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Tall Abyaḑ (view comparison). CloudsThe summer in Tall Abyaḑ experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 10% to 1%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is -0% on August 1. The clearest day of the summer is August 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 100% of the time. For reference, on January 16, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46%, while on July 31, 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. In Tall Abyaḑ, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 3% and ending it at 0%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 21% on February 11, and its lowest chance is 0% on August 25. RainfallTo show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day. The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the summer in Tall Abyaḑ is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.4 inches or falling below -0.0 inches. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.0 inches on August 20. SunOver the course of the summer in Tall Abyaḑ, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 32 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 1 second, and weekly decrease of 7 minutes, 5 seconds. The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 14 hours, 41 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the summer in Tall Abyaḑ is 5:04 AM on June 13 and the latest sunrise is 50 minutes later at 5:54 AM on August 31. The latest sunset is 7:47 PM on June 28 and the earliest sunset is 54 minutes earlier at 6:53 PM on August 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Tall Abyaḑ during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:05 AM and sets 14 hours, 41 minutes later, at 7:46 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:32 AM and sets 9 hours, 39 minutes later, at 5:11 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 the summer of 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 in Tall Abyaḑ is increasing during the summer, rising from 0% to 8% over the course of the season. The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 12% on August 15. For reference, on August 14, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 12% of the time, while on November 17, 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 in Tall Abyaḑ is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 1.1 miles per hour of 10.9 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on July 2, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.0 miles per hour, while on October 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.0 miles per hour. The highest daily average wind speed during the summer is 12.0 miles per hour on July 3. The hourly average wind direction in Tall Abyaḑ throughout the summer is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 73% on July 28. 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 in Tall Abyaḑ typically lasts for 10 months (313 days), from around February 14 to around December 23, rarely starting after March 13, or ending before November 29. The summer in Tall Abyaḑ 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 Tall Abyaḑ are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 3,001°F, from 1,424°F to 4,424°F, over the course of the season. 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 in Tall Abyaḑ is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.2 kWh, from 8.2 kWh to 7.1 kWh, over the course of the season. The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 8.7 kWh on June 28. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Tall Abyaḑ are 36.696 deg latitude, 38.954 deg longitude, and 1,152 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Tall Abyaḑ contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 148 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,161 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (338 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,316 feet). The area within 2 miles of Tall Abyaḑ is covered by cropland (72%) and artificial surfaces (11%), within 10 miles by cropland (82%), and within 50 miles by cropland (53%) and bare soil (20%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Tall Abyaḑ, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere is only a single weather station, Sanliurfa Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Tall Abyaḑ. At a distance of 45 kilometers from Tall Abyaḑ, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Tall Abyaḑ according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis. 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. 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