Winter Weather in Lingyao China

Daily high temperatures are around 55°F, rarely falling below 40°F or exceeding 73°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 52°F on January 20.

Daily low temperatures are around 35°F, rarely falling below 21°F or exceeding 49°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 31°F on January 23.

For reference, on July 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Lingyao typically range from 70°F to 90°F, while on January 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 31°F to 52°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.

Franklin, United States (7,894 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Lingyao (view comparison).

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The winter in Lingyao experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 30% to 48%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 29% on December 17.

The clearest day of the winter is December 17, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 71% 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 December 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 71%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Lingyao, 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 39%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 55% on June 9, and its lowest chance is 13% on December 18.

Over the course of the winter in Lingyao, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 15% to 33%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 1% to 5%, 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 Lingyao is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 1.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the season at 4.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.4 inches or falls below 1.7 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.4 inches on December 26.

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 Lingyao is increasing, starting the season at 0.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.0 inches, and ending the season at 2.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.3 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 4.3 inches on February 2.

Over the course of the winter in Lingyao, 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, 2 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 42 seconds, and weekly increase of 4 minutes, 55 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 22, with 10 hours, 24 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 34 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Lingyao is 6:55 AM on January 12 and the earliest sunrise is 26 minutes earlier at 6:29 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:09 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 55 minutes later at 6:04 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Lingyao during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:09 AM and sets 13 hours, 53 minutes later, at 7:02 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:50 AM and sets 10 hours, 24 minutes later, at 5:14 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 Lingyao is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 0% on January 16.

For reference, on July 25, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 98% 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 Lingyao is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 3.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.3 miles per hour, while on August 24, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 2.9 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 3.1 miles per hour on January 5.

The hourly average wind direction in Lingyao throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 49% on December 2.

Lingyao is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Lingyao is rapidly decreasing during the winter, falling by 8°F, from 65°F to 57°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 56°F on February 2.

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 Lingyao typically lasts for 7.9 months (240 days), from around March 21 to around November 16, rarely starting before February 29 or after April 11, and rarely ending before October 27 or after December 8.

The winter in Lingyao is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of -0% on January 25.

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 Lingyao are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,594°F, from 4,691°F to 97°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 Lingyao is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.3 kWh of 3.6 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 3.3 kWh on January 11.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lingyao are 27.472 deg latitude, 118.983 deg longitude, and 1,824 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lingyao contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,270 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,977 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (4,475 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,276 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lingyao is covered by trees (56%), grassland (18%), and shrubs (17%), within 10 miles by trees (55%) and grassland (28%), and within 50 miles by trees (69%) and grassland (16%).