Fall Weather in Gold Canyon Arizona, United StatesDaily high temperatures decrease by 30°F, from 98°F to 68°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 104°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 32°F, from 75°F to 43°F, rarely falling below 35°F or exceeding 81°F. For reference, on July 2, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gold Canyon typically range from 77°F to 102°F, while on January 4, the coldest day of the year, they range from 40°F to 63°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. El Oued, Algeria (6,337 miles away); Tabuk, Saudi Arabia (7,691 miles); and Ha'il, Saudi Arabia (7,884 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Gold Canyon (view comparison). CloudsThe fall in Gold Canyon experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 22% to 31%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 15% on September 25. The clearest day of the fall is September 25, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 85% of the time. For reference, on February 19, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 39%, while on June 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 85%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gold Canyon, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 19% and ending it at 11%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 28% on August 3, and its lowest chance is 2% on June 12. 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 in Gold Canyon is essentially constant, remaining about 0.9 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.7 inches. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.7 inches on October 25. SunOver the course of the fall in Gold Canyon, 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 2 hours, 43 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 49 seconds, and weekly decrease of 12 minutes, 40 seconds. The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 10 hours, 7 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 12 hours, 50 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the fall in Gold Canyon is 6:00 AM on September 1 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 11 minutes later at 7:11 AM on November 30. The latest sunset is 6:50 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 32 minutes earlier at 5:17 PM on November 30. Daylight saving time is not observed in Gold Canyon during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:16 AM and sets 14 hours, 22 minutes later, at 7:38 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:25 AM and sets 9 hours, 57 minutes later, at 5:22 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. 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 in Gold Canyon is rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling from 16% to 0% over the course of the season. For reference, on August 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 22% of the time, while on November 3, 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 in Gold Canyon is increasing during the fall, increasing from 6.0 miles per hour to 7.4 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on April 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour, while on August 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.6 miles per hour. The wind direction in Gold Canyon during the fall is predominantly out of the west from September 1 to September 10 and the east from September 10 to November 30. 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 in Gold Canyon typically lasts for 11 months (330 days), from around January 18 to around December 13, rarely starting after February 17, or ending before November 21. The fall in Gold Canyon 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 100% to 76% 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 Gold Canyon are very rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing by 1,850°F, from 5,112°F to 6,962°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 in Gold Canyon is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 3.0 kWh, from 6.5 kWh to 3.4 kWh, over the course of the season. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gold Canyon are 33.371 deg latitude, -111.437 deg longitude, and 1,909 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Gold Canyon contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 545 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,935 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (3,543 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,906 feet). The area within 2 miles of Gold Canyon is covered by shrubs (97%), within 10 miles by shrubs (99%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (82%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Gold Canyon, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Gold Canyon. For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Gold Canyon according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. The estimated value at Gold Canyon is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Gold Canyon and a given station. The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:
To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Gold Canyon and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data. 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. |