Summer Weather in Windcrest United StatesDaily high temperatures are around 92°F, rarely falling below 84°F or exceeding 100°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 95°F on August 5. Daily low temperatures are around 73°F, rarely falling below 65°F or exceeding 78°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 75°F on August 10. For reference, on August 5, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Windcrest typically range from 75°F to 95°F, while on January 6, the coldest day of the year, they range from 43°F to 62°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. Medenine, Tunisia (6,084 miles away); Rong’an, China (7,869 miles); and Roxby Downs, Australia (9,174 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Windcrest (view comparison). CloudsThe summer in Windcrest experiences rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 28% to 42%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 44% on August 10. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 27% on June 10. The clearest day of the summer is June 10, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 73% of the time. For reference, on January 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46%, while on June 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 73%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Windcrest, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is decreasing, starting the season at 30% and ending it at 24%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on May 29, and its lowest chance is 13% on December 15. 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 summer in Windcrest is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 3.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.0 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 2.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.7 inches or falls below 0.4 inches. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.4 inches on July 31. SunOver the course of the summer in Windcrest, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 10 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 46 seconds, and weekly decrease of 5 minutes, 24 seconds. The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 45 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 14 hours, 2 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the summer in Windcrest is 6:32 AM on June 11 and the latest sunrise is 38 minutes later at 7:10 AM on August 31. The latest sunset is 8:37 PM on June 30 and the earliest sunset is 42 minutes earlier at 7:56 PM on August 31. Daylight saving time is observed in Windcrest 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 6:34 AM and sets 14 hours, 2 minutes later, at 8:36 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:24 AM and sets 10 hours, 15 minutes later, at 5:39 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 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. 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 Windcrest is gradually increasing during the summer, rising from 75% to 79% over the course of the season. The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 88% on July 2. For reference, on June 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 88% of the time, while on January 24, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% 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 Windcrest is decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 9.7 miles per hour to 7.9 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on April 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on September 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.9 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Windcrest throughout the summer is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 77% on July 15. 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 Windcrest typically lasts for 9.6 months (292 days), from around February 17 to around December 5, rarely starting before January 17 or after March 14, and rarely ending before November 14 or after December 31. The summer in Windcrest is reliably fully 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 Windcrest are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,806°F, from 2,191°F to 4,997°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 Windcrest is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.1 kWh, from 6.9 kWh to 5.8 kWh, over the course of the season. The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 7.0 kWh on June 14. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Windcrest are 29.516 deg latitude, -98.380 deg longitude, and 797 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Windcrest contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 243 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 778 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (627 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,818 feet). The area within 2 miles of Windcrest is covered by artificial surfaces (86%) and shrubs (14%), within 10 miles by artificial surfaces (55%) and shrubs (22%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (35%) and cropland (27%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Windcrest, 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 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Windcrest. For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Windcrest 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 Windcrest is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Windcrest 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 Windcrest 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. |