Winter Weather in Estaires France

Daily high temperatures are around 45°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 55°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 43°F on January 11.

Daily low temperatures are around 36°F, rarely falling below 22°F or exceeding 46°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 34°F on February 8.

For reference, on August 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Estaires typically range from 57°F to 74°F, while on February 8, the coldest day of the year, they range from 34°F to 44°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.

Richmond, Canada (4,841 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Estaires (view comparison).

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The winter in Estaires experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 67% to 61%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70% on December 29.

The clearest day of the winter is February 27, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 39% of the time.

For reference, on December 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70%, while on July 22, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 59%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Estaires, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 32% and ending it at 24%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 33% on December 21, and its lowest chance is 23% on April 22.

Over the course of the winter in Estaires, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 31% to 24%, 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 1% 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 Estaires is decreasing, starting the season at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.3 inches or falls below 0.9 inches, and ending the season at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.4 inches or falls below 0.4 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Estaires, 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, 36 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 45 seconds, and weekly increase of 12 minutes, 17 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 7 hours, 58 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 10 hours, 54 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Estaires is 8:50 AM on December 30 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 16 minutes earlier at 7:34 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 4:44 PM on December 12 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 45 minutes later at 6:29 PM on February 28.

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

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:36 AM and sets 16 hours, 29 minutes later, at 10:05 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:48 AM and sets 7 hours, 58 minutes later, at 4:46 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 Estaires is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 25, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% 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 Estaires is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.7 miles per hour of 12.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on January 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.4 miles per hour, while on August 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.8 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 13.4 miles per hour on January 7.

The wind direction in Estaires during the winter is predominantly out of the south from December 1 to January 31 and the west from January 31 to February 28.

Estaires is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Estaires is rapidly decreasing during the winter, falling by 7°F, from 51°F to 44°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 44°F on February 26.

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 Estaires typically lasts for 7.3 months (223 days), from around April 5 to around November 14, rarely starting before March 7 or after April 27, and rarely ending before October 18 or after December 11.

The winter in Estaires is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of -0% on January 15.

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 Estaires are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 1,972°F, from 1,984°F to 12°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 Estaires is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 0.8 kWh to 2.3 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 0.7 kWh on December 22.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Estaires are 50.646 deg latitude, 2.728 deg longitude, and 56 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Estaires is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 52 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 51 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (528 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,322 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Estaires is covered by cropland (88%) and artificial surfaces (12%), within 10 miles by cropland (80%) and artificial surfaces (11%), and within 50 miles by cropland (62%) and artificial surfaces (13%).