Winter Weather in Kerman United StatesDaily high temperatures increase by 6°F, from 59°F to 65°F, rarely falling below 47°F or exceeding 74°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 55°F on December 28. Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 41°F to 44°F, rarely falling below 29°F or exceeding 52°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 38°F on December 29. For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kerman typically range from 65°F to 98°F, while on December 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 55°F. Average High and Low Temperature in the Winter in Kerman
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 Kerman
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The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Villa del Río, Spain (5,855 miles away); Gharyan, Libya (6,802 miles); and Damascus, Syria (7,358 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kerman (view comparison). CloudsThe winter in Kerman experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 43% to 49%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 50% on February 21. The clearest day of the winter is December 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 57% of the time. For reference, on February 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 50%, while on August 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 92%. Cloud Cover Categories in the Winter in Kerman
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The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kerman, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 16% and ending it at 24%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 26% on February 20, and its lowest chance is 0% on August 10. RainfallTo 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 Kerman is increasing, starting the season at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.3 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the season at 2.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches or falls below 0.6 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.4 inches on February 16. Average Monthly Rainfall in the Winter in Kerman
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.
SunOver the course of the winter in Kerman, 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, 33 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 3 seconds, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 19 seconds. The shortest day of the winter is December 20, with 9 hours, 39 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 22 minutes of daylight. Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Winter in Kerman
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 Kerman is 7:13 AM on January 5 and the earliest sunrise is 41 minutes earlier at 6:31 AM on February 28. The earliest sunset is 4:43 PM on December 5 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 10 minutes later at 5:54 PM on February 28. Daylight saving time is observed in Kerman 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 5:41 AM and sets 14 hours, 41 minutes later, at 8:22 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:09 AM and sets 9 hours, 39 minutes later, at 4:48 PM. Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Winter in Kerman
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 Kerman
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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).
MoonThe 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 Kerman
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.
HumidityWe 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 Kerman is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on July 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time. WindThis 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 Kerman is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 5.4 miles per hour to 6.0 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on May 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.0 miles per hour, while on January 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.0 miles per hour. The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 5.0 miles per hour on January 16. The hourly average wind direction in Kerman throughout the winter is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 44% on February 28. Wind Direction in the Winter in Kerman
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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).
Growing SeasonDefinitions 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 Kerman typically lasts for 10 months (313 days), from around January 28 to around December 5, rarely starting after February 25, or ending before November 16. The smallest chance that a given day will be within the growing season in Kerman during the winter is 20% on December 30. Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Winter in Kerman
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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 Kerman are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,860°F, from 5,022°F to 162°F, over the course of the season. Solar EnergyThis 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 Kerman is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.4 kWh, from 2.7 kWh to 4.1 kWh, over the course of the season. The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.4 kWh on December 25. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kerman are 36.724 deg latitude, -120.060 deg longitude, and 217 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Kerman is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 23 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 218 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (138 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (6,378 feet). The area within 2 miles of Kerman is covered by cropland (81%) and artificial surfaces (19%), within 10 miles by cropland (96%), and within 50 miles by cropland (55%) and grassland (29%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Kerman, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Kerman. For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Kerman according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. The estimated value at Kerman is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Kerman and a given station. The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:
![]() To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Kerman and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data. Other DataAll 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. All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . 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. 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. DisclaimerThe information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. We assume no responsibility for any decisions made on the basis of the content presented on this site. We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands. We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader. Please review our full terms contained on our Terms of Service page. |