Winter Weather in Carriere United States

Daily high temperatures are around 65°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 78°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 61°F on January 6.

Daily low temperatures are around 45°F, rarely falling below 27°F or exceeding 62°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 41°F on January 17.

For reference, on July 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Carriere typically range from 73°F to 91°F, while on January 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from 41°F to 62°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.

Udhampur, India (7,944 miles away) and Roxby Downs, Australia (9,700 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Carriere (view comparison).

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The winter in Carriere experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 41% to 46%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 48% on January 3.

The clearest day of the winter is December 3, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 59% of the time.

For reference, on July 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56%, while on October 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 67%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Carriere, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is gradually increasing, starting the season at 28% and ending it at 31%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 60% on July 28, and its lowest chance is 22% on October 28.

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 Carriere is increasing, starting the season at 4.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.5 inches or falls below 1.7 inches, and ending the season at 5.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.6 inches or falls below 2.1 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Carriere, 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, 13 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 49 seconds, and weekly increase of 5 minutes, 44 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 10 hours, 10 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Carriere is 6:56 AM on January 9 and the earliest sunrise is 31 minutes earlier at 6:25 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 4:56 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 0 minutes later at 5:56 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is observed in Carriere during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the winter, so the entire season is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:56 AM and sets 14 hours, 8 minutes later, at 8:04 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:52 AM and sets 10 hours, 10 minutes later, at 5:02 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 Carriere is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling from 11% to 7% over the course of the season.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 3% on January 29.

For reference, on July 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on January 29, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% 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 Carriere is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 4.8 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.0 miles per hour, while on August 6, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.2 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Carriere during the winter is predominantly out of the north from December 1 to February 26 and the south from February 26 to February 28.

Carriere is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Carriere is decreasing during the winter, falling by 4°F, from 65°F to 61°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 59°F on February 1.

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 Carriere typically lasts for 8.5 months (262 days), from around March 2 to around November 19, rarely starting before February 5 or after March 31, and rarely ending before October 28 or after December 11.

The winter in Carriere 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 January 1.

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 Carriere are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 5,981°F, from 6,343°F to 362°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 Carriere is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.3 kWh, from 3.2 kWh to 4.5 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 Carriere are 30.617 deg latitude, -89.653 deg longitude, and 154 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Carriere contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 164 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 142 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (259 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (446 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Carriere is covered by cropland (50%), herbaceous vegetation (29%), and trees (15%), within 10 miles by herbaceous vegetation (44%) and cropland (29%), and within 50 miles by trees (34%) and herbaceous vegetation (27%).