Winter Weather in Xinghe Chengguanzhen China

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 28°F to 34°F, rarely falling below 8°F or exceeding 46°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 20°F on January 11.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 8°F to 12°F, rarely falling below -12°F or exceeding 23°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is -2°F on January 11.

For reference, on July 14, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Xinghe Chengguanzhen typically range from 60°F to 80°F, while on January 11, the coldest day of the year, they range from -2°F to 20°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.

Minot Air Force Base, United States (5,909 miles away) and Staples, United States (6,163 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Xinghe Chengguanzhen (view comparison).

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The winter in Xinghe Chengguanzhen experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 24% to 34%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 24% on December 8.

The clearest day of the winter is December 8, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 76% of the time.

For reference, on June 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 44%, while on December 8, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 76%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Xinghe Chengguanzhen, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 1% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 37% on July 30, and its lowest chance is 0% on December 17.

Over the course of the winter in Xinghe Chengguanzhen, 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, 46 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 12 seconds, and weekly increase of 8 minutes, 21 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 9 hours, 14 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 14 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Xinghe Chengguanzhen is 7:49 AM on January 4 and the earliest sunrise is 49 minutes earlier at 7:00 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 4:56 PM on December 7 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 18 minutes later at 6:14 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Xinghe Chengguanzhen during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:52 AM and sets 15 hours, 7 minutes later, at 7:59 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:45 AM and sets 9 hours, 14 minutes later, at 4:59 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 Xinghe Chengguanzhen is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 7% of the time, while on September 17, 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 Xinghe Chengguanzhen is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 11.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 19, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.9 miles per hour, while on August 16, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Xinghe Chengguanzhen throughout the winter is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 56% on December 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 Xinghe Chengguanzhen typically lasts for 4.9 months (151 days), from around May 1 to around September 29, rarely starting before April 15 or after May 17, and rarely ending before September 14 or after October 13.

The winter in Xinghe Chengguanzhen is reliably fully outside of 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 Xinghe Chengguanzhen are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 2,311°F, from 2,311°F to 0°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 Xinghe Chengguanzhen is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 2.6 kWh to 4.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.4 kWh on December 21.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Xinghe Chengguanzhen are 40.876 deg latitude, 113.884 deg longitude, and 4,081 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Xinghe Chengguanzhen contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 305 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,084 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,523 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,410 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Xinghe Chengguanzhen is covered by artificial surfaces (25%), grassland (21%), cropland (13%), and bare soil (12%), within 10 miles by grassland (37%) and cropland (26%), and within 50 miles by grassland (40%) and cropland (34%).