Fall Weather in Milton New Zealand

Daily high temperatures decrease by 15°F, from 65°F to 51°F, rarely falling below 45°F or exceeding 74°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 11°F, from 50°F to 40°F, rarely falling below 33°F or exceeding 56°F.

For reference, on January 26, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Milton typically range from 51°F to 67°F, while on July 9, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 47°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average fall 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.

Rose Lodge, United States (7,481 miles away) and La Junta, Chile (5,145 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Milton (view comparison).

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The fall in Milton experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 47% to 55%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56% on May 6.

The clearest day of the fall is March 5, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 53% of the time.

For reference, on May 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56%, while on February 11, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 53%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Milton, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is gradually increasing, starting the season at 27% and ending it at 30%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 35% on January 2, and its lowest chance is 22% on August 18.

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 fall in Milton is essentially constant, remaining about 1.9 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.0 inches or falling below 0.6 inches.

Over the course of the fall in Milton, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 4 hours, 19 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 51 seconds, and weekly decrease of 19 minutes, 57 seconds.

The shortest day of the fall is May 31, with 8 hours, 53 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 1, with 13 hours, 12 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the fall in Milton is 7:06 AM on April 7 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 5 minutes later at 8:11 AM on May 31.

The latest sunset is 8:28 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 3 hours, 24 minutes earlier at 5:04 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 2:00 AM on April 7, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:44 AM and sets 15 hours, 47 minutes later, at 9:31 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:23 AM and sets 8 hours, 37 minutes later, at 5:00 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 fall 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 Milton is essentially constant during the fall, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on February 9, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on March 11, 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 Milton is increasing during the fall, increasing from 12.2 miles per hour to 13.7 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on May 27, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.9 miles per hour, while on February 7, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.6 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the fall is 13.9 miles per hour on May 27.

The hourly average wind direction in Milton throughout the fall is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 55% on May 20.

Milton 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 Milton is decreasing during the fall, falling by 5°F, from 57°F to 51°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 Milton typically lasts for 9.9 months (301 days), from around August 10 to around June 7, rarely starting after November 8, or ending before March 23.

The fall in Milton is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly decreasing from 98% to 54% 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 Milton are increasing during the fall, increasing by 299°F, from 951°F to 1,250°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 Milton is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 3.7 kWh, from 4.9 kWh to 1.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Milton are -46.121 deg latitude, 169.969 deg longitude, and 66 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Milton contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 650 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 114 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,637 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,843 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Milton is covered by cropland (78%) and trees (13%), within 10 miles by trees (53%) and cropland (25%), and within 50 miles by water (50%) and cropland (18%).