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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Car China

In Car, the summers are comfortable and mostly cloudy and the winters are short, freezing, dry, and mostly clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 15°F to 72°F and is rarely below 10°F or above 78°F.

Based on the tourism score, the best time of year to visit Car for warm-weather activities is from late May to early July.

Climate in Car

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Car weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The warm season lasts for 3.8 months, from May 20 to September 14, with an average daily high temperature above 66°F. The hottest month of the year in Car is July, with an average high of 71°F and low of 49°F.

The cold season lasts for 3.0 months, from December 1 to February 29, with an average daily high temperature below 47°F. The coldest month of the year in Car is January, with an average low of 15°F and high of 41°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Car

Average High and Low Temperature in CarwarmcoldcoldJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FJan 840°FJan 840°FJun 2372°FJun 2372°F15°F15°F49°F49°FMay 2066°FMay 2066°FSep 1466°FSep 1466°FDec 147°FDec 147°FFeb 2947°FFeb 2947°F41°F41°F45°F45°F20°F20°F21°F21°FNowNow
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.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 41°F45°F50°F57°F65°F72°F71°F69°F66°F58°F50°F43°F
Temp. 27°F31°F38°F45°F52°F59°F60°F58°F54°F45°F36°F29°F
Low 15°F18°F26°F33°F40°F48°F49°F48°F44°F34°F24°F17°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, 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 Car

Average Hourly Temperature in CarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 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 AMNowNowfreezingfreezingfreezingfreezingvery coldvery coldcoldcoolcomfortable
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.

Palmer Lake, Colorado, United States (7,624 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Car (view comparison).

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In Car, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Car begins around September 16 and lasts for 9.2 months, ending around June 22.

The clearest month of the year in Car is November, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 87% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 22 and lasts for 2.8 months, ending around September 16.

The cloudiest month of the year in Car is August, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 71% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Car

Cloud Cover Categories in CarclearerclearercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Nov 588%Nov 588%Aug 427%Aug 427%Sep 1657%Sep 1657%Jun 2259%Jun 2259%NowNowclearmostly cloudyovercastmostly clearpartly 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.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 20%25%33%37%26%35%67%71%44%16%13%16%
Clearer 80%75%67%63%74%65%33%29%56%84%87%84%

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Car varies significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 2.8 months, from June 16 to September 9, with a greater than 22% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Car is August, with an average of 12.7 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 9.2 months, from September 9 to June 16. The month with the fewest wet days in Car is January, with an average of 0.0 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Car is August, with an average of 12.7 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 45% on August 6.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Car

Daily Chance of Precipitation in CarwetdrydryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Aug 645%Aug 645%Jan 10%Jan 10%Feb 240%Feb 240%Nov 240%Nov 240%Jun 1622%Jun 1622%Sep 922%Sep 922%NowNowrain
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).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 0.0d0.0d0.1d0.5d2.7d6.8d12.7d12.7d5.1d0.8d0.1d0.0d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Car experiences significant seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 4.4 months, from May 13 to September 26, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain in Car is July, with an average rainfall of 3.3 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 7.6 months, from September 26 to May 13. The month with the least rain in Car is December, with an average rainfall of -0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Car

Average Monthly Rainfall in CarrainJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 in7 in7 inJul 283.5 inJul 283.5 inDec 15-0.0 inDec 15-0.0 inMay 130.5 inMay 130.5 inSep 260.5 inSep 260.5 inNowNow
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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 0.0″0.0″0.0″0.1″0.6″1.7″3.3″3.1″1.1″0.1″0.0″0.0″

The length of the day in Car varies significantly over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 10 hours, 16 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 14 hours, 2 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Car

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.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 10.5h11.2h12.0h12.9h13.6h14.0h13.8h13.2h12.3h11.4h10.7h10.3h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:02 AM on June 10, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 56 minutes later at 6:58 AM on January 12. The earliest sunset is at 5:03 PM on December 1, and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 3 minutes later at 7:06 PM on July 1.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in Car during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in Car

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in CarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMJun 105:02 AMJun 105:02 AM7:06 PMJul 17:06 PMJul 1Dec 15:03 PMDec 15:03 PM6:58 AMJan 126:58 AMJan 12daynightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. 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 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 Car

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in CarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 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 AM00001010101020202020303030304040405050506060707080000010101010202020203030303040404040505050606070708037NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 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 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in Car

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 perceived humidity level in Car, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining a virtually constant 0% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Car

Humidity Comfort Levels in CarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jul 20%Jul 20%NowNowdrydry
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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d

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 Car experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 4.4 months, from December 20 to May 1, with average wind speeds of more than 7.6 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Car is February, with an average hourly wind speed of 9.8 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 7.6 months, from May 1 to December 20. The calmest month of the year in Car is August, with an average hourly wind speed of 5.1 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Car

Average Wind Speed in CarwindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mph18 mph18 mphFeb 2610.1 mphFeb 2610.1 mphAug 185.0 mphAug 185.0 mphDec 207.6 mphDec 207.6 mphMay 17.6 mphMay 17.6 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 8.99.89.78.47.47.15.65.15.46.26.67.5

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Car varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the south for 5.9 months, from May 6 to November 2, with a peak percentage of 75% on June 27. The wind is most often from the west for 6.1 months, from November 2 to May 6, with a peak percentage of 66% on January 1.

Wind Direction in Car

Wind Direction in CarWSWJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowwestsoutheastnorth
northeastsouthwest
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).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Car throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Car for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early July, with a peak score in the third week of June.

Tourism Score in Car

Tourism Score in CarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810104.84.80.00.0NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Car for hot-weather activities is for the entire month of June, with a peak score in the third week of June.

Beach/Pool Score in Car

Beach/Pool Score in CarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810101.41.40.00.0NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitation
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

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 Car typically lasts for 5.6 months (169 days), from around April 30 to around October 16, rarely starting before April 13 or after May 16, and rarely ending before October 1 or after October 30.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Car

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Cargrowing seasonJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Apr 3050%Apr 3050%Oct 1650%Oct 1650%May 1690%May 1690%Oct 190%Oct 190%Apr 1310%Apr 1310%Oct 3010%Oct 3010%0%Feb 130%Feb 13Jul 22100%Jul 22100%NowNowfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablefrigidwarm
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.

Based on growing degree days alone, the first spring blooms in Car should appear around May 5, only rarely appearing before April 22 or after May 15.

Growing Degree Days in Car

Growing Degree Days in CarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F200°F200°F400°F400°F600°F600°F800°F800°F1,000°F1,000°F1,200°F1,200°F1,400°F1,400°F1,600°F1,600°FMay 590°FMay 590°FAug 8900°FAug 8900°FDec 311,332°FDec 311,332°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, 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 experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 2.3 months, from April 17 to June 27, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.8 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Car is May, with an average of 8.4 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.8 months, from November 9 to February 3, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 5.3 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Car is December, with an average of 4.6 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Car

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in CarbrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWh10 kWh10 kWhMay 288.6 kWhMay 288.6 kWhDec 244.5 kWhDec 244.5 kWhApr 177.8 kWhApr 177.8 kWhFeb 35.3 kWhFeb 35.3 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 4.85.86.97.78.48.27.36.86.56.15.24.6

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Car are 29.389 deg latitude, 89.314 deg longitude, and 12,497 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Car contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,339 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 12,767 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,699 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,520 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Car is covered by grassland (49%), water (25%), and bare soil (18%), within 10 miles by grassland (80%), and within 50 miles by grassland (91%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Car, 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 is only a single weather station, Lhasa Gonggar Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Car.

At a distance of 179 kilometers from Car, further than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed insufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. Consequently, the station records are blended with interpolated values from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis , and both are corrected for elevation differences according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

The weight assigned to the MERRA-2 value depends on the distance from Car to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 37%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 63%.

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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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.

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