Winter Weather in Bayu China

Daily high temperatures are around 47°F, rarely falling below 34°F or exceeding 62°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 42°F on January 17.

Daily low temperatures are around 30°F, rarely falling below 16°F or exceeding 42°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 25°F on January 10.

For reference, on July 20, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Bayu typically range from 71°F to 87°F, while on January 10, the coldest day of the year, they range from 25°F to 42°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.

Marble Hill, United States (7,372 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Bayu (view comparison).

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The winter in Bayu experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 31% to 50%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 29% on December 15.

The clearest day of the winter is December 15, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 71% of the time.

For reference, on March 25, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 53%, while on December 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 71%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Bayu, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is gradually increasing, starting the season at 3% and ending it at 7%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 35% on July 12, and its lowest chance is 0% on January 5.

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 winter in Bayu is essentially constant, remaining about 0.2 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.7 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.0 inches on January 12.

Over the course of the winter in Bayu, 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, 23 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 56 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 31 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 9 hours, 52 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 25 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Bayu is 7:57 AM on January 7 and the earliest sunrise is 37 minutes earlier at 7:21 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:40 PM on December 4 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 5 minutes later at 6:46 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Bayu during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:38 AM and sets 14 hours, 27 minutes later, at 8:06 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:53 AM and sets 9 hours, 52 minutes later, at 5:44 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 Bayu is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 71% of the time, while on October 26, 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 Bayu is increasing during the winter, increasing from 5.1 miles per hour to 6.1 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on April 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.0 miles per hour, while on December 26, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 4.9 miles per hour on December 26.

The wind direction in Bayu during the winter is predominantly out of the north from December 1 to January 9 and the east from January 9 to February 28.

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 Bayu typically lasts for 8.3 months (254 days), from around March 7 to around November 16, rarely starting before February 15 or after March 30, and rarely ending before October 27 or after December 6.

The winter in Bayu is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of -0% on December 29.

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 Bayu are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,131°F, from 4,147°F to 17°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 Bayu is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.2 kWh, from 3.0 kWh to 4.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.9 kWh on December 23.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Bayu are 34.337 deg latitude, 107.277 deg longitude, and 1,854 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Bayu contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 646 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,972 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (5,180 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (10,892 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Bayu is covered by cropland (62%) and water (15%), within 10 miles by cropland (44%) and grassland (22%), and within 50 miles by trees (38%) and grassland (31%).