Winter Weather in Chengmen China

Daily high temperatures are around 50°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 65°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 45°F on January 20.

Daily low temperatures are around 40°F, rarely falling below 30°F or exceeding 51°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 36°F on January 19.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Chengmen typically range from 81°F to 92°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 45°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.

Memphis, United States (7,662 miles away) and Tehran, Iran (3,706 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Chengmen (view comparison).

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The winter in Chengmen experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 28% to 44%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 26% on December 12.

The clearest day of the winter is December 12, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 74% of the time.

For reference, on July 4, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 75%, while on December 12, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 74%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Chengmen, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 19% and ending it at 39%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 51% on June 21, and its lowest chance is 15% on December 17.

Over the course of the winter in Chengmen, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 19% to 38%, 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.

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 Chengmen is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 1.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the season at 4.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.7 inches or falls below 1.7 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.3 inches on December 22.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during the winter in Chengmen is essentially constant, remaining about 0.7 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.1 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.3 inches on January 22.

Over the course of the winter in Chengmen, 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, 9 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 46 seconds, and weekly increase of 5 minutes, 23 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 10 hours, 15 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 32 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Chengmen is 7:12 AM on January 10 and the earliest sunrise is 29 minutes earlier at 6:43 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:17 PM on December 2 and the latest sunset is 58 minutes later at 6:15 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Chengmen during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:16 AM and sets 14 hours, 3 minutes later, at 7:19 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:07 AM and sets 10 hours, 15 minutes later, at 5:22 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 Chengmen is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 0% on December 21.

For reference, on July 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on December 11, 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 Chengmen is increasing during the winter, increasing from 6.4 miles per hour to 7.5 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 7.6 miles per hour, while on August 5, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.0 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Chengmen throughout the winter is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 51% on December 11.

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 Chengmen typically lasts for 10 months (319 days), from around February 6 to around December 22, rarely starting after March 3, or ending before November 28.

The smallest chance that a given day will be within the growing season in Chengmen during the winter is 14% on January 14.

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 Chengmen are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 5,619°F, from 5,677°F to 58°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 Chengmen is gradually increasing during the winter, rising by 0.7 kWh, from 3.2 kWh to 3.8 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 3.0 kWh on December 23.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Chengmen are 29.644 deg latitude, 115.812 deg longitude, and 49 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Chengmen contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 459 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 104 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,120 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,098 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Chengmen is covered by cropland (63%), water (13%), artificial surfaces (11%), and trees (10%), within 10 miles by trees (32%) and cropland (30%), and within 50 miles by trees (35%) and cropland (33%).