Summer Weather in Laurel Canada

Daily high temperatures are around 70°F, rarely falling below 55°F or exceeding 83°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 74°F on August 4.

Daily low temperatures are around 50°F, rarely falling below 39°F or exceeding 60°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 53°F on July 23.

For reference, on August 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Laurel typically range from 53°F to 74°F, while on January 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 4°F to 19°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.

Prechistoye, Russia (4,574 miles away); Veshkayma, Russia (4,932 miles); and Miass, Russia (4,937 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Laurel (view comparison).

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The summer in Laurel experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 55% to 46%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 39% on August 4.

The clearest day of the summer is August 4, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 61% of the time.

For reference, on February 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 68%, while on August 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 61%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Laurel, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 27% and ending it at 20%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 35% on July 3, and its lowest chance is 5% on February 13.

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 summer in Laurel is decreasing, starting the season at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below 0.8 inches, and ending the season at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.9 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.9 inches on July 2.

Over the course of the summer in Laurel, 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, 0 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 59 seconds, and weekly decrease of 13 minutes, 53 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 13 hours, 41 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 17 hours, 2 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Laurel is 5:04 AM on June 16 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 38 minutes later at 6:42 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 10:06 PM on June 24 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 43 minutes earlier at 8:23 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Laurel during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:04 AM and sets 17 hours, 2 minutes later, at 10:06 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:47 AM and sets 7 hours, 29 minutes later, at 4:16 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 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.

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 Laurel is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 1% of 1% throughout.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 1% on July 31.

For reference, on July 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% 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 in Laurel is gradually decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 9.1 miles per hour to 8.6 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.5 miles per hour, while on August 1, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.9 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 7.9 miles per hour on August 1.

The hourly average wind direction in Laurel throughout the summer is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 41% on August 31.

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 Laurel typically lasts for 4.3 months (134 days), from around May 10 to around September 21, rarely starting before April 23 or after May 28, and rarely ending before September 4 or after October 8.

The summer in Laurel is very likely fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a high of 100% on July 11.

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 Laurel are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 978°F, from 225°F to 1,202°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 Laurel is rapidly decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.5 kWh, from 6.2 kWh to 4.7 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 6.5 kWh on July 9.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Laurel are 53.447 deg latitude, -113.382 deg longitude, and 2,365 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Laurel contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 197 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,355 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (591 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,414 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Laurel is covered by cropland (65%) and artificial surfaces (34%), within 10 miles by cropland (65%) and artificial surfaces (25%), and within 50 miles by cropland (84%).