Winter Weather in Gebeit SudanDaily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 93°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 79°F on January 10. Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 59°F to 55°F, rarely falling below 45°F or exceeding 65°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 52°F on January 23. For reference, on July 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gebeit typically range from 78°F to 107°F, while on January 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 52°F to 80°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. Sinaloa de Leyva, Mexico (8,428 miles away) and Chingueṭṭi, Mauritania (3,130 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Gebeit (view comparison). CloudsThe winter in Gebeit experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 21% throughout the season. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 24% on December 26. The clearest day of the winter is January 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 82% of the time. For reference, on August 15, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 49%, while on October 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 87%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gebeit, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 1% throughout. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 3% on October 31, and its lowest chance is 0% on June 18. 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 winter in Gebeit is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.4 inches or falling below -0.0 inches. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.0 inches on February 16. SunOver the course of the winter in Gebeit, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 46 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 31 seconds, and weekly increase of 3 minutes, 38 seconds. The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 10 hours, 51 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 43 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the winter in Gebeit is 5:55 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 19 minutes later at 6:14 AM on January 16. The earliest sunset is 4:52 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 47 minutes later at 5:38 PM on February 28. Daylight saving time is not observed in Gebeit during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:53 AM and sets 13 hours, 25 minutes later, at 6:18 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:07 AM and sets 10 hours, 51 minutes later, at 4:58 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 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. 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 Gebeit is decreasing during the winter, falling from 9% to 1% over the course of the season. The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 1% on February 25. For reference, on October 25, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 20% of the time, while on June 20, 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 Gebeit is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 8.8 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on April 19, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.4 miles per hour, while on August 16, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.0 miles per hour. The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 8.6 miles per hour on December 9. The hourly average wind direction in Gebeit throughout the winter is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 62% on January 20. Water TemperatureGebeit 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 Gebeit is decreasing during the winter, falling by 5°F, from 81°F to 76°F, over the course of the season. The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 76°F on February 17. 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). Temperatures in Gebeit 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. 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 Gebeit are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 8,149°F, from 9,043°F to 894°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 Gebeit is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 5.0 kWh to 6.5 kWh, over the course of the season. The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 4.9 kWh on December 21. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gebeit are 21.067 deg latitude, 36.317 deg longitude, and 2,041 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Gebeit contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 850 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,188 feet. Within 10 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,798 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (7,156 feet). The area within 2 miles of Gebeit is covered by bare soil (94%), within 10 miles by bare soil (84%) and sparse vegetation (15%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (85%) and sparse vegetation (15%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Gebeit, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Gebeit is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Gebeit, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . 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. 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 . 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