Spring Weather in Heathfield Australia

Daily high temperatures increase by 16°F, from 58°F to 74°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 89°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 11°F, from 42°F to 54°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 64°F.

For reference, on February 12, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Heathfield typically range from 58°F to 80°F, while on July 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 40°F to 54°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.

Rawson, Argentina (6,829 miles away); Mar del Plata, Argentina (7,293 miles); and Penafiel, Portugal (10,616 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Heathfield (view comparison).

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The spring in Heathfield experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 29% to 36%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 37% on November 20.

The clearest day of the spring is September 5, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 71% of the time.

For reference, on May 31, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 43%, while on February 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 75%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Heathfield, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 26% and ending it at 11%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on July 1, and its lowest chance is 6% on February 27.

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 Heathfield is decreasing, starting the season at 1.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.3 inches or falls below 0.5 inches, and ending the season at 0.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.5 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of the spring in Heathfield, 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, 57 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 58 seconds, and weekly increase of 13 minutes, 45 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is September 1, with 11 hours, 22 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 30, with 14 hours, 19 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the spring in Heathfield is 5:46 AM on October 5 and the latest sunrise is 59 minutes later at 6:44 AM on October 6.

The earliest sunset is 5:56 PM on September 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 17 minutes later at 8:13 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 3:00 AM on October 6, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:57 AM and sets 14 hours, 31 minutes later, at 8:28 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:22 AM and sets 9 hours, 48 minutes later, at 5:10 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 Heathfield is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on April 23, 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 Heathfield is gradually increasing during the spring, increasing from 9.5 miles per hour to 10.5 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.5 miles per hour, while on May 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.7 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the spring is 9.4 miles per hour on September 6.

The wind direction in Heathfield during the spring is predominantly out of the west from September 1 to October 15 and the south from October 15 to November 30.

Heathfield 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 Heathfield is rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 9°F, from 56°F to 65°F, over the course of the season.

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 Heathfield typically lasts for 9.9 months (300 days), from around August 6 to around June 2, rarely starting after September 7, or ending before May 7.

The spring in Heathfield is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season increasing from 85% 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 Heathfield are rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 675°F, from 78°F to 753°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 Heathfield is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 3.7 kWh, from 4.2 kWh to 7.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Heathfield are -35.017 deg latitude, 138.717 deg longitude, and 1,552 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Heathfield contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 965 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,548 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,280 feet). Within 50 miles also contains large variations in elevation (2,405 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Heathfield is covered by trees (73%) and artificial surfaces (27%), within 10 miles by trees (50%) and cropland (21%), and within 50 miles by cropland (39%) and water (36%).