Spring Weather at Canyonlands Field United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 30°F, from 54°F to 84°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 93°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 25°F, from 31°F to 56°F, rarely falling below 22°F or exceeding 65°F.

For reference, on July 12, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Canyonlands Field typically range from 68°F to 95°F, while on January 4, the coldest day of the year, they range from 18°F to 37°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.

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The spring at Canyonlands Field experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 46% to 30%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46% on March 2.

The clearest day of the spring is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 70% of the time.

For reference, on March 2, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46%, while on September 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 81%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Canyonlands Field, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 10% and ending it at 7%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 18% on July 30, and its lowest chance is 5% on June 11.

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 at Canyonlands Field is essentially constant, remaining about 0.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.2 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 0.5 inches on May 1.

Over the course of the spring at Canyonlands Field, 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 3 hours, 20 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 12 seconds, and weekly increase of 15 minutes, 22 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 22 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 14 hours, 42 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring at Canyonlands Field is 7:36 AM on March 10 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 41 minutes earlier at 5:56 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:12 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 25 minutes later at 8:37 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 3:00 AM on March 10, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:54 AM and sets 14 hours, 53 minutes later, at 8:47 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:33 AM and sets 9 hours, 27 minutes later, at 5:01 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 at Canyonlands Field is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 at Canyonlands Field is gradually increasing during the spring, increasing from 7.5 miles per hour to 8.3 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on April 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.7 miles per hour, while on January 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.9 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 8.7 miles per hour on April 10.

The wind direction at Canyonlands Field during the spring is predominantly out of the south from March 1 to April 26 and from May 6 to May 31 and the west from April 26 to May 6.

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 at Canyonlands Field typically lasts for 6.3 months (194 days), from around April 13 to around October 24, rarely starting before March 23 or after May 3, and rarely ending before October 6 or after November 10.

During the spring at Canyonlands Field, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 0% 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 at Canyonlands Field are rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 759°F, from 18°F to 777°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 at Canyonlands Field is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 3.7 kWh, from 4.5 kWh to 8.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Canyonlands Field are 38.759 deg latitude, -109.747 deg longitude, and 4,551 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Canyonlands Field contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 351 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,592 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,729 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (8,944 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Canyonlands Field is covered by shrubs (98%), within 10 miles by shrubs (94%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (82%).