Winter Weather in Valady France

Daily high temperatures are around 48°F, rarely falling below 35°F or exceeding 61°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 46°F on January 13.

Daily low temperatures are around 34°F, rarely falling below 21°F or exceeding 46°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 32°F on February 7.

For reference, on August 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Valady typically range from 58°F to 80°F, while on February 7, the coldest day of the year, they range from 32°F to 47°F.

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

Puyallup, Washington, United States (5,275 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Valady (view comparison).

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The winter in Valady experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 59% to 53%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 62% on January 1.

The clearest day of the winter is February 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 47% of the time.

For reference, on January 1, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 62%, while on July 20, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 73%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Valady, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is decreasing, starting the season at 27% and ending it at 22%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 33% on May 7, and its lowest chance is 17% on July 30.

Over the course of the winter in Valady, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 26% to 21%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

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 winter in Valady is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 2.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.8 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 1.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.4 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Valady, 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 2 hours, 3 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 23 seconds, and weekly increase of 9 minutes, 40 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 8 hours, 50 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 8 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Valady is 8:26 AM on January 2 and the earliest sunrise is 58 minutes earlier at 7:29 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:10 PM on December 9 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 27 minutes later at 6:37 PM on February 28.

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

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:05 AM and sets 15 hours, 33 minutes later, at 9:38 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:23 AM and sets 8 hours, 50 minutes later, at 5:13 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 winter 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 Valady is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 3, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% 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 Valady is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 9.8 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on August 9, 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 winter is 9.4 miles per hour on January 6.

The hourly average wind direction in Valady throughout the winter is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 34% on February 27.

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 Valady typically lasts for 6.7 months (203 days), from around April 12 to around November 1, rarely starting before March 21 or after May 1, and rarely ending before October 13 or after November 25.

The winter in Valady is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of -0% on December 31.

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 Valady are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 2,542°F, from 2,565°F to 23°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 Valady is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.6 kWh, from 1.5 kWh to 3.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 1.4 kWh on December 26.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Valady are 44.456 deg latitude, 2.427 deg longitude, and 1,073 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Valady contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,145 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,367 feet. Within 10 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,775 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,659 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Valady is covered by grassland (34%), cropland (33%), and trees (18%), within 10 miles by cropland (40%) and trees (28%), and within 50 miles by trees (35%) and cropland (32%).