Spring Weather in Meitang China

Daily high temperatures increase by 28°F, from 53°F to 81°F, rarely falling below 41°F or exceeding 89°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 27°F, from 44°F to 71°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 77°F.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Meitang typically range from 80°F to 92°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 46°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring 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 (7,692 miles away) and Tehran, Iran (3,708 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Meitang (view comparison).

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The spring in Meitang experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 45% to 55%.

The clearest day of the spring is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 55% 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 16, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 73%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Meitang, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is essentially constant, remaining around 43% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 49% on June 21, and its lowest chance is 14% on December 17.

Over the course of the spring in Meitang, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 43% throughout, 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 0% 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 spring in Meitang is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 4.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.5 inches or falls below 1.9 inches, and ending the season at 8.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.0 inches or falls below 4.9 inches.

Over the course of the spring in Meitang, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 19 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 32 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 41 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 34 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 13 hours, 53 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Meitang is 6:42 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 24 minutes earlier at 5:18 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:17 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 55 minutes later at 7:11 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Meitang during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:18 AM and sets 14 hours, 1 minute 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, 16 minutes later, at 5:23 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 spring 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 Meitang is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising from 0% to 73% over the course of the season.

For reference, on July 23, 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 Meitang is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 7.4 miles per hour to 6.1 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 7.4 miles per hour, while on August 5, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.9 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 7.4 miles per hour on March 9.

The wind direction in Meitang during the spring is predominantly out of the north from March 1 to April 25 and from May 14 to May 31 and the south from April 25 to May 14.

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 Meitang typically lasts for 10 months (314 days), from around February 10 to around December 19, rarely starting after March 6, or ending before November 24.

The spring in Meitang is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season increasing from 84% to 100% over the course of the 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 Meitang are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,260°F, from 71°F to 1,331°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 Meitang is rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 1.8 kWh, from 3.8 kWh to 5.7 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 5.7 kWh on May 31.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Meitang are 29.245 deg latitude, 115.628 deg longitude, and 141 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Meitang contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 741 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 186 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (3,022 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,942 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Meitang is covered by cropland (48%) and trees (47%), within 10 miles by trees (52%) and cropland (29%), and within 50 miles by trees (43%) and cropland (27%).