Summer Weather in Taiyuan China

Daily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 69°F or exceeding 93°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 85°F on July 18.

Daily low temperatures are around 63°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 72°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 67°F on July 24.

For reference, on July 15, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Taiyuan typically range from 67°F to 85°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from 11°F to 34°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.

Atlantic, United States (6,697 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Taiyuan (view comparison).

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The summer in Taiyuan experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 42% to 35%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 43% on June 17.

The clearest day of the summer is August 20, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 65% of the time.

For reference, on June 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 43%, while on December 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 75%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Taiyuan, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 17% and ending it at 24%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on July 20, and its lowest chance is 1% 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 summer in Taiyuan is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 1.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.1 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the season at 2.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.7 inches or falls below 0.9 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 3.6 inches on July 26.

Over the course of the summer in Taiyuan, 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, 36 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 3 seconds, and weekly decrease of 7 minutes, 21 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 13 hours, 2 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 21, with 14 hours, 48 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Taiyuan is 5:06 AM on June 14 and the latest sunrise is 52 minutes later at 5:58 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 7:56 PM on June 28 and the earliest sunset is 56 minutes earlier at 7:00 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Taiyuan during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:07 AM and sets 14 hours, 48 minutes later, at 7:55 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:41 AM and sets 9 hours, 32 minutes later, at 5:14 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 Taiyuan is increasing during the summer, rising from 0% to 8% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 44% on July 29.

For reference, on July 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 44% of the time, while on October 5, 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 Taiyuan is decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 7.8 miles per hour to 5.8 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on April 26, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.8 miles per hour, while on August 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 5.8 miles per hour on August 30.

The hourly average wind direction in Taiyuan throughout the summer is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 42% on July 29.

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 Taiyuan typically lasts for 6.3 months (191 days), from around April 9 to around October 17, rarely starting before March 20 or after April 29, and rarely ending before September 30 or after November 3.

The summer in Taiyuan 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 Taiyuan are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,071°F, from 780°F to 2,851°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 Taiyuan is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.4 kWh, from 6.8 kWh to 5.4 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Taiyuan are 37.869 deg latitude, 112.560 deg longitude, and 2,608 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Taiyuan contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 240 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,624 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,667 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,161 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Taiyuan is covered by artificial surfaces (99%), within 10 miles by artificial surfaces (33%) and grassland (23%), and within 50 miles by cropland (34%) and grassland (32%).