Summer Weather in Şalkhad Syria

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 82°F to 86°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 94°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 88°F on August 1.

Daily low temperatures increase by 5°F, from 53°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 65°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 60°F on August 3.

For reference, on July 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Şalkhad typically range from 60°F to 88°F, while on January 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 30°F to 47°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.

Ahwahnee, United States (7,385 miles away); Canyon Day, United States (7,381 miles); and Murphy, United States (6,400 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Şalkhad (view comparison).

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The summer in Şalkhad experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 10% to 0%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 0% on August 19.

The clearest day of the summer is August 19, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 100% of the time.

For reference, on December 26, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 41%, while on August 19, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 100%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Şalkhad, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is essentially constant, remaining around 1% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 12% on February 10, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 19.

Over the course of the summer in Şalkhad, 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, 18 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 52 seconds, and weekly decrease of 6 minutes, 1 second.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 51 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 14 hours, 17 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Şalkhad is 5:25 AM on June 12 and the latest sunrise is 42 minutes later at 6:07 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 7:44 PM on June 30 and the earliest sunset is 46 minutes earlier at 6:58 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Şalkhad during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:26 AM and sets 14 hours, 17 minutes later, at 7:43 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:30 AM and sets 10 hours, 1 minute later, at 5:31 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 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.

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 Şalkhad is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 1% of 1% throughout.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 2% on August 20.

For reference, on August 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% of the time, while on November 5, 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 Şalkhad is gradually decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 10.4 miles per hour to 9.7 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on July 15, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.3 miles per hour, while on October 16, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the summer is 11.3 miles per hour on July 15.

The hourly average wind direction in Şalkhad throughout the summer is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 86% on July 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 Şalkhad typically lasts for 8.2 months (251 days), from around March 20 to around November 25, rarely starting before February 26 or after April 17, and rarely ending before November 6 or after December 16.

The summer in Şalkhad 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 Şalkhad are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 1,998°F, from 845°F to 2,842°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 Şalkhad is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.1 kWh, from 8.5 kWh to 7.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 8.9 kWh on June 24.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Şalkhad are 32.492 deg latitude, 36.711 deg longitude, and 4,537 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Şalkhad contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 702 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,300 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,425 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,643 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Şalkhad is covered by cropland (51%), trees (33%), and grassland (15%), within 10 miles by cropland (45%) and trees (26%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (57%) and cropland (17%).