Summer Weather in Xizhangbao China

Daily high temperatures are around 84°F, rarely falling below 68°F or exceeding 98°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 88°F on July 20.

Daily low temperatures are around 68°F, rarely falling below 57°F or exceeding 79°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 73°F on July 26.

For reference, on July 20, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Xizhangbao typically range from 73°F to 88°F, while on January 10, the coldest day of the year, they range from 23°F to 39°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.

Kansas City, United States (7,148 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Xizhangbao (view comparison).

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The summer in Xizhangbao experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 47% to 41%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 37% on August 15.

The clearest day of the summer is August 15, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 63% of the time.

For reference, on March 26, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 51%, while on December 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 73%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Xizhangbao, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 22% and ending it at 30%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 33% on July 16, and its lowest chance is 1% on December 19.

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 summer in Xizhangbao is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 3.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.9 inches or falls below 1.3 inches.

Over the course of the summer in Xizhangbao, 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, 24 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 55 seconds, and weekly decrease of 6 minutes, 28 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 55 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 21, with 14 hours, 28 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Xizhangbao is 5:32 AM on June 12 and the latest sunrise is 46 minutes later at 6:18 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:02 PM on June 29 and the earliest sunset is 49 minutes earlier at 7:13 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Xizhangbao during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:33 AM and sets 14 hours, 28 minutes later, at 8:01 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:48 AM and sets 9 hours, 51 minutes later, at 5:39 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 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.

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 Xizhangbao is very rapidly increasing during the summer, rising from 8% to 45% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 85% on July 29.

For reference, on July 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 85% of the time, while on October 25, 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 Xizhangbao is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 5.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.5 miles per hour, while on October 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.8 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Xizhangbao throughout the summer is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 54% on August 15.

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 Xizhangbao typically lasts for 7.8 months (239 days), from around March 15 to around November 9, rarely starting before February 25 or after April 5, and rarely ending before October 23 or after November 26.

The summer in Xizhangbao 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 Xizhangbao are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,436°F, from 1,002°F to 3,438°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 Xizhangbao is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.2 kWh, from 6.4 kWh to 5.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 6.5 kWh on June 11.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Xizhangbao are 34.505 deg latitude, 108.566 deg longitude, and 1,686 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Xizhangbao is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 79 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,689 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (2,651 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (8,724 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Xizhangbao is covered by cropland (78%) and shrubs (13%), within 10 miles by cropland (76%) and artificial surfaces (11%), and within 50 miles by cropland (52%) and grassland (20%).