Winter Weather in Balaklava Australia

Daily high temperatures are around 61°F, rarely falling below 54°F or exceeding 74°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 58°F on July 15.

Daily low temperatures are around 45°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 54°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 44°F on July 19.

For reference, on January 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Balaklava typically range from 64°F to 86°F, while on July 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 44°F to 58°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.

Ombúes de Lavalle, Uruguay (7,625 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Balaklava (view comparison).

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The winter in Balaklava experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 37% to 24%.

The clearest day of the winter is August 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 76% of the time.

For reference, on May 31, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 38%, while on February 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 77%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Balaklava, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 23% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 25% on July 5, and its lowest chance is 5% on January 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 winter in Balaklava is essentially constant, remaining about 1.4 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.9 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.6 inches on June 14.

Over the course of the winter in Balaklava, 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, 20 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 53 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 11 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is June 21, with 9 hours, 52 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 31, with 11 hours, 22 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Balaklava is 7:22 AM on June 29 and the earliest sunrise is 47 minutes earlier at 6:36 AM on August 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:13 PM on June 12 and the latest sunset is 44 minutes later at 5:57 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Balaklava during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the winter, so the entire season is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:01 AM and sets 14 hours, 26 minutes later, at 8:27 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:21 AM and sets 9 hours, 52 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 Balaklava is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time, while on May 8, 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 Balaklava is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 10.0 miles per hour to 10.9 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.9 miles per hour, while on April 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.6 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Balaklava during the winter is predominantly out of the north from June 1 to July 23 and the west from July 23 to August 31.

Balaklava 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 Balaklava is decreasing during the winter, falling by 4°F, from 60°F to 56°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 55°F on August 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).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Balaklava over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is July 15, with a 71% chance.

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 Balaklava are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,234°F, from 4,432°F to 198°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 Balaklava is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 2.6 kWh to 4.3 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.4 kWh on June 23.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Balaklava are -34.145 deg latitude, 138.411 deg longitude, and 230 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Balaklava is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 95 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 222 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (807 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,651 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Balaklava is covered by cropland (92%), within 10 miles by cropland (95%), and within 50 miles by cropland (72%) and water (14%).