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Winter Weather in Wudangshan China

Daily high temperatures are around 52°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 69°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 47°F on January 19.

Daily low temperatures are around 33°F, rarely falling below 23°F or exceeding 43°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 29°F on January 12.

For reference, on July 20, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Wudangshan typically range from 75°F to 94°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from 29°F to 47°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Winter in Wudangshan

Average High and Low Temperature in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb20°F20°F25°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°FFallSpringJan 1047°FJan 1047°F29°F29°FDec 155°FDec 155°F35°F35°FFeb 2856°FFeb 2856°F36°F36°FFeb 149°FFeb 149°F31°F31°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Winter in Wudangshan

Average Hourly Temperature in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFallSpringfreezingvery coldvery coldcoldcoolcool
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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The winter in Wudangshan experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 34% to 51%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 31% on December 16.

The clearest day of the winter is December 16, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 69% of the time.

For reference, on March 27, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 55%, while on December 16, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 69%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Winter in Wudangshan

Cloud Cover Categories in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FallSpringMar 2745%Mar 2745%Dec 166%Dec 166%Feb 2849%Feb 2849%Jan 168%Jan 168%Feb 159%Feb 159%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Wudangshan, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is increasing, starting the season at 7% and ending it at 11%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 35% on July 8, and its lowest chance is 4% on January 26.

Over the course of the winter in Wudangshan, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 6% to 9%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 1% throughout.

Probability of Precipitation in the Winter in Wudangshan

Probability of Precipitation in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb0%0%2%2%4%4%6%6%8%8%10%10%12%12%14%14%16%16%18%18%FallSpringJan 264%Jan 264%Dec 17%Dec 17%Feb 2811%Feb 2811%Jan 15%Jan 15%mixedrainsnow
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 Wudangshan is gradually increasing, starting the season at 0.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.0 inches, and ending the season at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.7 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.2 inches on January 16.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Winter in Wudangshan

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb0.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 in2.5 in2.5 in3.0 in3.0 inFallSpringJan 160.2 inJan 160.2 inDec 10.4 inDec 10.4 inFeb 280.7 inFeb 280.7 inJan 10.2 inJan 10.2 inFeb 10.3 inFeb 10.3 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of the winter in Wudangshan, 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, 17 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 52 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 4 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 10 hours, 1 minute of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 27 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Winter in Wudangshan

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrFallSpringDec 2110 hr, 1 minDec 2110 hr, 1 minnightnightdaydayFeb 2811 hr, 27 minFeb 2811 hr, 27 minFeb 110 hr, 38 minFeb 110 hr, 38 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Wudangshan is 7:38 AM on January 9 and the earliest sunrise is 34 minutes earlier at 7:04 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:29 PM on December 4 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 2 minutes later at 6:32 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Wudangshan during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:28 AM and sets 14 hours, 17 minutes later, at 7:46 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:33 AM and sets 10 hours, 1 minute later, at 5:34 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Winter in Wudangshan

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMFallSpring7:04 AM7:04 AMFeb 286:32 PMFeb 286:32 PM7:21 AM7:21 AMDec 45:29 PMDec 45:29 PM7:38 AM7:38 AMJan 95:47 PMJan 95:47 PM7:30 AM7:30 AMFeb 16:08 PMFeb 16:08 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the winter. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Winter in Wudangshan

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFallSpring0010202030305000101020303040
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth in the the winter of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Winter in Wudangshan

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMFallSpringNov 18:48 PMNov 18:48 PMNov 165:29 AMNov 165:29 AMDec 12:22 PMDec 12:22 PMDec 155:02 PMDec 155:02 PMDec 316:28 AMDec 316:28 AMJan 146:28 AMJan 146:28 AMJan 298:37 PMJan 298:37 PMFeb 129:54 PMFeb 129:54 PMFeb 288:45 AMFeb 288:45 AMMar 142:55 PMMar 142:55 PMMar 296:58 PMMar 296:58 PM5:25 PM5:25 PM4:53 PM4:53 PM7:23 AM7:23 AM7:18 AM7:18 AM5:13 PM5:13 PM5:10 PM5:10 PM8:29 AM8:29 AM8:02 AM8:02 AM5:49 PM5:49 PM5:00 PM5:00 PM8:02 AM8:02 AM7:29 AM7:29 AM5:47 PM5:47 PM6:01 PM6:01 PM7:48 AM7:48 AM7:12 AM7:12 AM6:54 PM6:54 PM6:47 PM6:47 PM7:08 AM7:08 AM6:49 PM6:49 PM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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

For reference, on July 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 89% of the time, while on November 5, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Winter in Wudangshan

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%FallSpringDec 10%Dec 10%Feb 280%Feb 280%Jan 10%Jan 10%Feb 10%Feb 10%drydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Wudangshan is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 4.9 miles per hour to 5.6 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on March 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour, while on July 28, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.3 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in the Winter in Wudangshan

Average Wind Speed in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mphFallSpringDec 14.9 mphDec 14.9 mphFeb 285.6 mphFeb 285.6 mphJan 15.0 mphJan 15.0 mphFeb 15.1 mphFeb 15.1 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Wudangshan during the winter is predominantly out of the east from December 1 to December 6 and from December 18 to February 28 and the west from December 6 to December 18.

Wind Direction in the Winter in Wudangshan

Wind Direction in the Winter in WudangshanEWEDecJanFeb0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%FallSpringwesteastnorthsouth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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 Wudangshan typically lasts for 8.4 months (257 days), from around March 9 to around November 21, rarely starting before February 20 or after March 26, and rarely ending before November 3 or after December 7.

The winter in Wudangshan 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 26.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Winter in Wudangshan

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FallSpringDec 123%Dec 123%Feb 2826%Feb 2826%Jan 10%Jan 10%Feb 10%Feb 10%90%Nov 390%Nov 3freezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is 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 Wudangshan are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,996°F, from 5,047°F to 51°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Winter in Wudangshan

Growing Degree Days in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°FFallSpringDec 15,047°FDec 15,047°FFeb 2851°FFeb 2851°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the winter, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Wudangshan is gradually increasing during the winter, rising by 1.0 kWh, from 2.8 kWh to 3.8 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.7 kWh on December 23.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Winter in Wudangshan

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Winter in WudangshanDecJanFeb0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWhFallSpringDec 232.7 kWhDec 232.7 kWhDec 12.8 kWhDec 12.8 kWhFeb 283.8 kWhFeb 283.8 kWhFeb 13.2 kWhFeb 13.2 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Wudangshan are 32.514 deg latitude, 111.077 deg longitude, and 597 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Wudangshan contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 978 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 817 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,659 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (5,669 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Wudangshan is covered by trees (59%) and cropland (29%), within 10 miles by trees (66%) and shrubs (11%), and within 50 miles by trees (63%) and cropland (18%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Wudangshan, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Wudangshan is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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.

The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Wudangshan, according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

All 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.

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.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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