Spring Weather in Xiangjiaba China

Daily high temperatures increase by 23°F, from 63°F to 86°F, rarely falling below 54°F or exceeding 95°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 24°F, from 43°F to 67°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 72°F.

For reference, on July 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Xiangjiaba typically range from 74°F to 90°F, while on January 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 53°F.

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

Sunflower, United States (8,040 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Xiangjiaba (view comparison).

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The spring in Xiangjiaba experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 28% to 47%.

The clearest day of the spring is March 3, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 72% of the time.

For reference, on July 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 71%, while on January 29, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 78%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Xiangjiaba, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 10% and ending it at 39%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 51% on June 29, and its lowest chance is 3% on January 11.

Rainfall

To 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 spring in Xiangjiaba is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.9 inches, and ending the season at 3.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.6 inches or falls below 1.7 inches.

Over the course of the spring in Xiangjiaba, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 15 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 29 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 25 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 35 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 13 hours, 50 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Xiangjiaba is 7:27 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 22 minutes earlier at 6:05 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 7:02 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 53 minutes later at 7:55 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Xiangjiaba during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:04 AM and sets 13 hours, 58 minutes later, at 8:03 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:50 AM and sets 10 hours, 19 minutes later, at 6:10 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 spring 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 Xiangjiaba is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising from 0% to 35% over the course of the season.

For reference, on July 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 93% of the time, while on November 7, 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 Xiangjiaba is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 5.7 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.0 miles per hour, while on July 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.4 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 6.0 miles per hour on April 17.

The hourly average wind direction in Xiangjiaba throughout the spring is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 54% on March 27.

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 Xiangjiaba typically lasts for 11 months (331 days), from around January 29 to around December 25, rarely starting after February 24, or ending before December 5.

The spring in Xiangjiaba is very likely fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season gradually increasing from 95% to 100% 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 Xiangjiaba are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,442°F, from 112°F to 1,554°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 Xiangjiaba is rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 4.6 kWh to 6.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 6.3 kWh on May 23.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Xiangjiaba are 28.633 deg latitude, 104.404 deg longitude, and 1,043 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Xiangjiaba contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,781 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,528 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,297 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,163 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Xiangjiaba is covered by trees (45%) and cropland (36%), within 10 miles by trees (43%) and cropland (36%), and within 50 miles by trees (47%) and cropland (32%).