Fall Weather at Saghez IranDaily high temperatures decrease by 40°F, from 87°F to 47°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 92°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 24°F, from 51°F to 27°F, rarely falling below 18°F or exceeding 57°F. For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Saghez typically range from 58°F to 91°F, while on January 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 21°F to 37°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. Mountain Home, United States (6,843 miles away); Enoch, United States (7,162 miles); and Guernsey, United States (6,719 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Saghez (view comparison). 
Compare Saghez to another city:CloudsThe fall at Saghez experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 0% to 39%. The clearest day of the fall is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 100% of the time. For reference, on December 14, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 40%, while on August 20, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 100%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Saghez, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 3% and ending it at 14%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 18% on November 9, and its lowest chance is 2% on August 11. Over the course of the fall at Saghez, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 3% to 9%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 0% to 4%, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 1% throughout. 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 fall at Saghez is increasing, starting the season at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.4 inches, and ending the season at 1.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches or falls below 0.1 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.4 inches on November 9. Average Monthly Rainfall in the Fall at Saghez
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
SnowfallAs with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day. The average sliding 31-day snowfall during the fall at Saghez is increasing, starting the season at -0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds -0.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 1.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches. Average Monthly Snowfall in the Fall at Saghez
The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.
SunOver the course of the fall at Saghez, 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 3 hours, 2 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 2 seconds, and weekly decrease of 14 minutes, 11 seconds. The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 9 hours, 53 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 12 hours, 56 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the fall at Saghez is 5:56 AM on September 1 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 20 minutes later at 7:16 AM on November 30. The latest sunset is 6:52 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 42 minutes earlier at 5:10 PM on November 30. Daylight saving time is not observed at Saghez during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:07 AM and sets 14 hours, 38 minutes later, at 7:45 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:32 AM and sets 9 hours, 41 minutes later, at 5:13 PM. Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Fall at Saghez
The solar day in the fall. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
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. Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Fall at Saghez
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the fall of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
MoonThe 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. 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 at Saghez is essentially constant during the fall, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on May 20, 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. 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 at Saghez is essentially constant during the fall, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 7.9 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on March 4, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.1 miles per hour, while on December 11, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.6 miles per hour. The wind direction at Saghez during the fall is predominantly out of the west from September 1 to September 30 and the south from September 30 to November 30. Wind Direction in the Fall at Saghez
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
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 at Saghez typically lasts for 6.0 months (183 days), from around April 21 to around October 21, rarely starting before April 1 or after May 11, and rarely ending before September 28 or after November 12. During the fall at Saghez, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 100% to 0% over the course of the season. Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Fall at Saghez
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The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is 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 at Saghez are rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing by 725°F, from 2,500°F to 3,226°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 at Saghez is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 4.3 kWh, from 7.3 kWh to 3.0 kWh, over the course of the season. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Saghez are 36.250 deg latitude, 46.267 deg longitude, and 4,997 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Saghez contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,365 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 5,060 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,133 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (8,179 feet). The area within 2 miles of Saghez is covered by shrubs (77%) and sparse vegetation (12%), within 10 miles by shrubs (80%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (68%) and cropland (10%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather at Saghez, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointSaghez has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required. In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations. The stations on which we may fall back are Sahand Airport, Sanandaj, Orumieh, and Zanjan Airport. Other DataAll 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. All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . 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. Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database . Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com . Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors. DisclaimerThe information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. We assume no responsibility for any decisions made on the basis of the content presented on this site. We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands. We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader. Please review our full terms contained on our Terms of Service page. |
