Summer Weather in Wufu China

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 84°F to 89°F, rarely falling below 78°F or exceeding 97°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 92°F on July 25.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 67°F to 71°F, rarely falling below 61°F or exceeding 77°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 74°F on July 24.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Wufu typically range from 74°F to 92°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 56°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.

Belzoni, United States (7,842 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Wufu (view comparison).

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The summer in Wufu experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 68% to 59%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79% on July 3.

The clearest day of the summer is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 41% of the time.

For reference, on June 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79%, while on October 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 72%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Wufu, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 49% and ending it at 35%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 54% on June 13, and its lowest chance is 13% on December 18.

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 Wufu is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 10.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 16.6 inches or falls below 5.7 inches, and ending the season at 4.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.3 inches or falls below 1.9 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 11.5 inches on June 13.

Over the course of the summer in Wufu, 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, 3 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 42 seconds, and weekly decrease of 4 minutes, 52 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 43 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 13 hours, 53 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Wufu is 5:11 AM on June 10 and the latest sunrise is 35 minutes later at 5:45 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 7:06 PM on June 30 and the earliest sunset is 38 minutes earlier at 6:28 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Wufu during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:12 AM and sets 13 hours, 53 minutes later, at 7:05 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:53 AM and sets 10 hours, 24 minutes later, at 5:17 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 Wufu is very rapidly increasing during the summer, rising from 68% to 92% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 100% on July 24.

For reference, on July 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 6, 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 Wufu is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 3.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 14, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.6 miles per hour, while on August 24, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.0 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 3.0 miles per hour on August 24.

The wind direction in Wufu during the summer is predominantly out of the south from June 1 to August 16 and the north from August 16 to August 31.

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 Wufu typically lasts for 9.0 months (274 days), from around February 29 to around November 30, rarely starting before February 9 or after March 20, and rarely ending before November 10 or after December 20.

The summer in Wufu 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 Wufu are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,663°F, from 1,542°F to 4,205°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 Wufu is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.3 kWh of 5.6 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 5.9 kWh on July 18.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Wufu are 27.612 deg latitude, 118.205 deg longitude, and 712 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Wufu contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,217 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 886 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,501 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,942 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Wufu is covered by cropland (35%), trees (29%), grassland (18%), and shrubs (15%), within 10 miles by trees (65%) and grassland (15%), and within 50 miles by trees (71%) and grassland (12%).