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Fall Weather in Highlands-Baywood Park California, United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 12°F, from 70°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 53°F or exceeding 80°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 71°F on September 11.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 10°F, from 55°F to 46°F, rarely falling below 39°F or exceeding 59°F.

For reference, on September 10, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Highlands-Baywood Park typically range from 55°F to 71°F, while on December 30, the coldest day of the year, they range from 43°F to 55°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Average High and Low Temperature in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°FSummerWinterSep 1071°FSep 1071°F55°F55°FNov 3058°FNov 3058°F46°F46°FOct 170°FOct 170°F54°F54°FNov 165°FNov 165°F50°F50°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Average Hourly Temperature in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSummerWintercoldcoolcomfortablevery cold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Millicent, Australia (8,082 miles away) and St Helens, Australia (7,839 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Highlands-Baywood Park (view comparison).

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The fall in Highlands-Baywood Park experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 11% to 48%.

The clearest day of the fall is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 89% of the time.

For reference, on January 12, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 54%, while on August 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 91%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Cloud Cover Categories in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SummerWinterSep 189%Sep 189%Nov 3052%Nov 3052%Oct 181%Oct 181%Nov 164%Nov 164%clearovercastmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Highlands-Baywood Park, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 1% and ending it at 24%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 29% on February 21, and its lowest chance is -0% on July 23.

Probability of Precipitation in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Probability of Precipitation in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%SummerWinterSep 11%Sep 11%Nov 3024%Nov 3024%Oct 14%Oct 14%Nov 114%Nov 114%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 fall in Highlands-Baywood Park is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.2 inches, and ending the season at 2.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.9 inches or falls below 0.4 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov0 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 in7 in7 in8 in8 inSummerWinterSep 10.1 inSep 10.1 inNov 302.9 inNov 302.9 inOct 10.4 inOct 10.4 inNov 11.5 inNov 11.5 in
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.

Over the course of the fall in Highlands-Baywood Park, 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, 11 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 7 seconds, and weekly decrease of 14 minutes, 50 seconds.

The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 9 hours, 46 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 12 hours, 57 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrSummerWinterSep 2212 hr, 10 minSep 2212 hr, 10 minnightnightdaydayNov 309 hr, 46 minNov 309 hr, 46 minNov 110 hr, 35 minNov 110 hr, 35 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the fall in Highlands-Baywood Park is 7:36 AM on November 2 and the earliest sunrise is 59 minutes earlier at 6:37 AM on November 3.

The latest sunset is 7:37 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 2 hours, 46 minutes earlier at 4:51 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 1:00 AM on November 3, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:48 AM and sets 14 hours, 45 minutes later, at 8:33 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:20 AM and sets 9 hours, 34 minutes later, at 4:55 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMSummerWinter6:37 AM6:37 AMNov 35:08 PMNov 35:08 PM6:40 AM6:40 AMSep 17:37 PMSep 17:37 PM7:05 AM7:05 AMNov 304:51 PMNov 304:51 PM7:05 AM7:05 AMOct 16:51 PMOct 16:51 PMDSTNov 3DSTNov 3SolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
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 transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the 'DST' labels.

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 in Highlands-Baywood Park

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSummerWinter0102020304050600010203040
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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).

The 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMSummerWinterAug 44:14 AMAug 44:14 AMAug 1911:26 AMAug 1911:26 AMSep 26:56 PMSep 26:56 PMSep 177:35 PMSep 177:35 PMOct 211:50 AMOct 211:50 AMOct 174:27 AMOct 174:27 AMNov 15:48 AMNov 15:48 AMNov 151:29 PMNov 151:29 PMNov 3010:22 PMNov 3010:22 PMDec 151:02 AMDec 151:02 AMDec 302:28 PMDec 302:28 PM8:49 PM8:49 PM7:45 PM7:45 PM6:12 AM6:12 AM7:42 PM7:42 PM7:12 PM7:12 PM7:32 AM7:32 AM7:00 AM7:00 AM6:50 PM6:50 PM6:05 PM6:05 PM7:36 AM7:36 AM7:49 AM7:49 AM6:07 PM6:07 PM4:41 PM4:41 PM6:45 AM6:45 AM4:15 PM4:15 PM4:05 PM4:05 PM7:59 AM7:59 AM4:43 PM4:43 PM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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 Highlands-Baywood Park is essentially constant during the fall, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on September 16, 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.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%SummerWinterSep 180%Sep 180%Sep 10%Sep 10%Nov 300%Nov 300%Oct 10%Oct 10%Nov 10%Nov 10%comfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Highlands-Baywood Park is gradually increasing during the fall, increasing from 8.3 miles per hour to 9.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on May 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on October 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the fall is 7.7 miles per hour on October 4.

Average Wind Speed in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Average Wind Speed in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphSummerWinterOct 47.7 mphOct 47.7 mphSep 18.3 mphSep 18.3 mphNov 309.2 mphNov 309.2 mphNov 18.0 mphNov 18.0 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Highlands-Baywood Park during the fall is predominantly out of the west from September 1 to November 12 and the north from November 12 to November 30.

Wind Direction in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Wind Direction in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkWNSepOctNov0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%SummerWinterwestsouthnortheast
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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).

Highlands-Baywood Park 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 Highlands-Baywood Park is gradually decreasing during the fall, falling by 3°F, from 58°F to 55°F, over the course of the season.

The highest average surface water temperature during the fall is 58°F on September 16.

Average Water Temperature in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Average Water Temperature in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov50°F50°F52°F52°F54°F54°F56°F56°F58°F58°F60°F60°F62°F62°FSummerWinterSep 1658°FSep 1658°FSep 158°FSep 158°FNov 3055°FNov 3055°FOct 158°FOct 158°FNov 157°FNov 157°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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).

Temperatures in Highlands-Baywood Park are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SummerWinter100%Oct 16100%Oct 16very coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
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 in Highlands-Baywood Park are rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing by 734°F, from 1,566°F to 2,300°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Growing Degree Days in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov1,400°F1,400°F1,600°F1,600°F1,800°F1,800°F2,000°F2,000°F2,200°F2,200°F2,400°F2,400°F2,600°F2,600°FSummerWinterSep 11,566°FSep 11,566°FNov 302,300°FNov 302,300°FOct 11,897°FOct 11,897°FNov 12,165°FNov 12,165°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the fall, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Highlands-Baywood Park is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 4.3 kWh, from 6.8 kWh to 2.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood Park

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Fall in Highlands-Baywood ParkSepOctNov0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhSummerWinterSep 16.8 kWhSep 16.8 kWhNov 302.5 kWhNov 302.5 kWhOct 15.2 kWhOct 15.2 kWhNov 13.5 kWhNov 13.5 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Highlands-Baywood Park are 37.523 deg latitude, -122.345 deg longitude, and 587 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Highlands-Baywood Park contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,063 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 430 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,388 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (4,285 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Highlands-Baywood Park is covered by artificial surfaces (63%), trees (12%), and shrubs (11%), within 10 miles by water (29%) and artificial surfaces (27%), and within 50 miles by water (48%) and grassland (15%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Highlands-Baywood Park, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Highlands-Baywood Park.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Highlands-Baywood Park 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 Highlands-Baywood Park is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Highlands-Baywood Park 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 Highlands-Baywood Park 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 Data

All 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.

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