Fall Weather in Kezilei ChinaDaily high temperatures decrease by 38°F, from 82°F to 44°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 89°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 35°F, from 62°F to 28°F, rarely falling below 22°F or exceeding 69°F. For reference, on July 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kezilei typically range from 69°F to 87°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 18°F to 35°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average fall 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. Weston, Missouri, United States (7,023 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Kezilei (view comparison). CloudsThe fall in Kezilei experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 11% to 40%. The clearest day of the fall is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 89% of the time. For reference, on March 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 61%, while on August 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 91%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kezilei, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is decreasing, starting the season at 5% and ending it at 0%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 5% on June 9, and its lowest chance is 0% on January 13. 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 fall in Kezilei is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.8 inches, and ending the season at 0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.0 inches. SunOver the course of the fall in Kezilei, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 3 hours, 19 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 13 seconds, and weekly decrease of 15 minutes, 31 seconds. The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 9 hours, 41 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 13 hours, 1 minute of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the fall in Kezilei is 8:23 AM on September 1 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 29 minutes later at 9:52 AM on November 30. The latest sunset is 9:24 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 51 minutes earlier at 7:33 PM on November 30. Daylight saving time is not observed in Kezilei during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 7:29 AM and sets 14 hours, 52 minutes later, at 10:21 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 10:08 AM and sets 9 hours, 28 minutes later, at 7:36 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 fall 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 Kezilei is essentially constant during the fall, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% 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 in Kezilei is rapidly decreasing during the fall, decreasing from 6.3 miles per hour to 4.1 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on May 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.3 miles per hour, while on December 26, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.7 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Kezilei throughout the fall is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 42% on November 29. 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 Kezilei typically lasts for 8.0 months (246 days), from around March 7 to around November 8, rarely starting before February 20 or after March 24, and rarely ending before October 18 or after November 29. During the fall in Kezilei, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 100% to 9% over the course of the 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 Kezilei are rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing by 839°F, from 3,600°F to 4,439°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 Kezilei is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 3.5 kWh, from 6.3 kWh to 2.8 kWh, over the course of the season. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kezilei are 38.651 deg latitude, 76.468 deg longitude, and 4,367 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Kezilei contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 233 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,383 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,916 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (13,848 feet). The area within 2 miles of Kezilei is covered by bare soil (44%), cropland (29%), and grassland (27%), within 10 miles by bare soil (71%) and grassland (22%), and within 50 miles by grassland (43%) and bare soil (34%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Kezilei, 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, Kashgar Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Kezilei. At a distance of 107 kilometers from Kezilei, 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 Kezilei 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. 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. 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