Summer Weather in Cedar Ridge United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 7°F, from 75°F to 82°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 92°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 86°F on July 18.

Daily low temperatures increase by 5°F, from 50°F to 55°F, rarely falling below 42°F or exceeding 65°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 58°F on July 25.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Cedar Ridge typically range from 58°F to 86°F, while on December 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 32°F to 48°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.

Moraleja del Vino, Spain (5,578 miles away) and Alhama de Granada, Spain (5,857 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Cedar Ridge (view comparison).

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The summer in Cedar Ridge experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 26% to 12%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 10% on July 28.

The clearest day of the summer is July 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 90% of the time.

For reference, on February 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56%, while on July 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 90%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Cedar Ridge, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 8% and ending it at 2%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on February 21, and its lowest chance is 1% on August 5.

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 Cedar Ridge is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.5 inches, and ending the season at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.5 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.0 inches on August 8.

Over the course of the summer in Cedar Ridge, 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, 38 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 5 seconds, and weekly decrease of 7 minutes, 34 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 13 hours, 0 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 14 hours, 49 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Cedar Ridge is 5:37 AM on June 12 and the latest sunrise is 53 minutes later at 6:30 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:28 PM on June 27 and the earliest sunset is 57 minutes earlier at 7:31 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Cedar Ridge during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:38 AM and sets 14 hours, 49 minutes later, at 8:27 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:14 AM and sets 9 hours, 31 minutes later, at 4:45 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 Cedar Ridge is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 Cedar Ridge is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 5.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 4, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.6 miles per hour, while on September 23, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the summer is 5.4 miles per hour on June 22.

The hourly average wind direction in Cedar Ridge throughout the summer is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 48% on June 8.

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 Cedar Ridge typically lasts for 7.0 months (213 days), from around April 8 to around November 7, rarely starting before March 10 or after May 4, and rarely ending before October 17 or after November 27.

The summer in Cedar Ridge 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 Cedar Ridge are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 1,785°F, from 564°F to 2,349°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 Cedar Ridge is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.2 kWh, from 8.1 kWh to 7.0 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 8.6 kWh on June 27.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Cedar Ridge are 38.066 deg latitude, -120.277 deg longitude, and 3,707 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Cedar Ridge contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,992 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,529 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (4,925 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (12,093 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Cedar Ridge is covered by trees (84%) and shrubs (16%), within 10 miles by shrubs (53%) and trees (42%), and within 50 miles by trees (31%) and shrubs (31%).