Winter Weather in Young Australia

Daily high temperatures are around 56°F, rarely falling below 46°F or exceeding 67°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 53°F on July 6.

Daily low temperatures are around 37°F, rarely falling below 27°F or exceeding 48°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 35°F on July 23.

For reference, on January 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Young typically range from 62°F to 87°F, while on July 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 35°F to 53°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.

Viedma, Argentina (6,885 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Young (view comparison).

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The winter in Young experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 45% to 32%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 48% on June 23.

The clearest day of the winter is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 68% of the time.

For reference, on June 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 48%, while on March 2, 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 Young, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is gradually increasing, starting the season at 20% and ending it at 22%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 22% on September 4, and its lowest chance is 12% on April 26.

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 Young is essentially constant, remaining about 1.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.5 inches or falling below 0.4 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.8 inches on July 23.

Over the course of the winter in Young, 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, 21 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 53 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 13 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, 21 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Young is 7:13 AM on June 29 and the earliest sunrise is 47 minutes earlier at 6:26 AM on August 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:03 PM on June 11 and the latest sunset is 45 minutes later at 5:47 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Young 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 5:51 AM and sets 14 hours, 27 minutes later, at 8:18 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:12 AM and sets 9 hours, 52 minutes later, at 5:04 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 Young is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on February 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time, while on April 22, 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 Young is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 7.9 miles per hour to 8.6 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 10.0 miles per hour, while on May 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Young throughout the winter is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 43% on August 10.

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 Young typically lasts for 7.9 months (239 days), from around September 20 to around May 17, rarely starting before August 29 or after October 14, and rarely ending before April 26 or after June 16.

The winter in Young 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 July 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 Young are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 3,670°F, from 3,744°F to 74°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 Young 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 2.3 kWh on June 23.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Young are -34.313 deg latitude, 148.301 deg longitude, and 1,437 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Young contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 410 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,535 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (974 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,461 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Young is covered by cropland (31%), sparse vegetation (28%), artificial surfaces (26%), and trees (15%), within 10 miles by cropland (78%) and sparse vegetation (16%), and within 50 miles by cropland (69%) and sparse vegetation (22%).