Summer Weather in Broken Hill New South Wales, AustraliaDaily high temperatures are around 91°F, rarely falling below 77°F or exceeding 105°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 94°F on January 25. Daily low temperatures are around 63°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 77°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 66°F on January 24. For reference, on January 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Broken Hill typically range from 66°F to 94°F, while on July 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from 39°F to 60°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. San Juan, Argentina (7,640 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Broken Hill (view comparison). CloudsThe summer in Broken Hill experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 31% to 21%. The clearest day of the summer is February 23, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 79% of the time. For reference, on November 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 32%, while on August 12, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 85%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Broken Hill, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 9% and ending it at 7%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 10% on January 31, and its lowest chance is 5% on March 26. RainfallTo 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 Broken Hill is essentially constant, remaining about 0.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.1 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 0.9 inches on January 23. SunOver the course of the summer in Broken Hill, 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, 17 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 52 seconds, and weekly decrease of 6 minutes, 5 seconds. The shortest day of the summer is February 28, with 12 hours, 48 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 22, with 14 hours, 15 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the summer in Broken Hill is 5:50 AM on December 4 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 2 minutes later at 6:52 AM on February 28. The latest sunset is 8:14 PM on January 8 and the earliest sunset is 34 minutes earlier at 7:40 PM on February 28. Daylight saving time is observed in Broken Hill during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in daylight saving time. For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:54 AM and sets 14 hours, 15 minutes later, at 8:09 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:04 AM and sets 10 hours, 3 minutes later, at 5:07 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. MoonThe 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. HumidityWe 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 Broken Hill is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 2% of 2% throughout. The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 4% on January 24. For reference, on January 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% of the time, while on May 8, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time. WindThis 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 Broken Hill is gradually decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 11.4 miles per hour to 10.5 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on December 13, 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 8.6 miles per hour. The highest daily average wind speed during the summer is 11.5 miles per hour on December 13. The hourly average wind direction in Broken Hill throughout the summer is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 54% on January 6. Growing SeasonDefinitions 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 Broken Hill typically lasts for 11 months (345 days), from around July 22 to around July 3, rarely starting after August 21, or ending before June 10. The summer in Broken Hill 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 Broken Hill are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,311°F, from 1,606°F to 3,917°F, over the course of the season. Solar EnergyThis 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 Broken Hill is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.0 kWh, from 8.1 kWh to 7.1 kWh, over the course of the season. The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 8.6 kWh on December 30. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Broken Hill are -31.965 deg latitude, 141.451 deg longitude, and 1,040 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Broken Hill contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 394 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,011 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (597 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,371 feet). The area within 2 miles of Broken Hill is covered by sparse vegetation (62%) and artificial surfaces (31%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (90%), and within 50 miles by sparse vegetation (89%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Broken Hill, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Broken Hill is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Broken Hill, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus. 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