Winter Weather in Qarqi China

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 35°F to 41°F, rarely falling below 20°F or exceeding 48°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 27°F on January 12.

Daily low temperatures are around 18°F, rarely falling below 6°F or exceeding 30°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 13°F on January 14.

For reference, on July 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Qarqi typically range from 65°F to 88°F, while on January 13, the coldest day of the year, they range from 13°F to 27°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter 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.

Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, United States (6,639 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Qarqi (view comparison).

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The winter in Qarqi experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 42% to 53%.

The clearest day of the winter is December 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 58% of the time.

For reference, on March 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 57%, while on August 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 83%.

Over the course of the winter in Qarqi, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 49 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 14 seconds, and weekly increase of 8 minutes, 36 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 9 hours, 10 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 13 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Qarqi is 10:01 AM on January 4 and the earliest sunrise is 50 minutes earlier at 9:10 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 7:04 PM on December 9 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 19 minutes later at 8:23 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Qarqi during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 7:00 AM and sets 15 hours, 12 minutes later, at 10:12 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:57 AM and sets 9 hours, 10 minutes later, at 7:07 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 the winter 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.

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 Qarqi is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

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 Qarqi is increasing during the winter, increasing from 3.6 miles per hour to 5.1 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on May 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour, while on December 26, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.3 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 3.3 miles per hour on December 26.

The hourly average wind direction in Qarqi throughout the winter is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 38% on February 21.

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 Qarqi typically lasts for 6.8 months (209 days), from around April 2 to around October 28, rarely starting before March 14 or after April 21, and rarely ending before October 11 or after November 14.

The winter in Qarqi 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 Qarqi are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 3,391°F, from 3,391°F to 0°F, over the course of the season.

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 Qarqi is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.6 kWh, from 2.3 kWh to 3.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.2 kWh on December 21.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Qarqi are 41.584 deg latitude, 81.366 deg longitude, and 4,859 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Qarqi contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 515 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,881 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,178 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (14,820 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Qarqi is covered by bare soil (96%), within 10 miles by bare soil (73%) and cropland (17%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (43%) and grassland (41%).