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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Xihe China

In Xihe, the summers are warm, muggy, wet, and mostly cloudy and the winters are short, very cold, snowy, and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 33°F to 83°F and is rarely below 26°F or above 88°F.

Based on the tourism score, the best times of year to visit Xihe for warm-weather activities are from mid May to mid June and from early August to early October.

Climate in Xihe

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

The warm season lasts for 3.5 months, from May 31 to September 15, with an average daily high temperature above 75°F. The hottest month of the year in Xihe is July, with an average high of 82°F and low of 69°F.

The cool season lasts for 2.9 months, from November 29 to February 25, with an average daily high temperature below 52°F. The coldest month of the year in Xihe is January, with an average low of 33°F and high of 45°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Xihe

Average High and Low Temperature in XihewarmcoolcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FJan 1944°FJan 1944°FJul 2583°FJul 2583°F33°F33°F70°F70°FMay 3175°FMay 3175°FSep 1575°FSep 1575°FNov 2952°FNov 2952°FFeb 2552°FFeb 2552°F62°F62°F62°F62°F40°F40°F38°F38°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 45°F50°F58°F68°F74°F78°F82°F81°F75°F66°F57°F48°F
Temp. 38°F42°F50°F59°F66°F71°F75°F74°F68°F59°F51°F41°F
Low 33°F36°F43°F53°F60°F65°F69°F68°F62°F54°F45°F36°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 Xihe

Average Hourly Temperature in XiheJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 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 AMNowNowvery coldvery coldcoldcoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarmvery 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.

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

The clearer part of the year in Xihe begins around September 1 and lasts for 9.2 months, ending around June 8.

The clearest month of the year in Xihe is January, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 57% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 8 and lasts for 2.8 months, ending around September 1.

The cloudiest month of the year in Xihe is July, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 68% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Xihe

Cloud Cover Categories in XiheclearerclearercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Jan 1358%Jan 1358%Jul 528%Jul 528%Sep 143%Sep 143%Jun 843%Jun 843%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
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 43%48%53%53%49%62%68%62%50%45%46%45%
Clearer 57%52%47%47%51%38%32%38%50%55%54%55%

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

The wetter season lasts 7.0 months, from March 25 to October 25, with a greater than 28% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Xihe is June, with an average of 14.2 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 5.0 months, from October 25 to March 25. The month with the fewest wet days in Xihe is December, with an average of 2.3 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 Xihe is June, with an average of 14.2 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 49% on June 13.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Xihe

Daily Chance of Precipitation in XihewetdrydryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jun 1349%Jun 1349%Dec 286%Dec 286%Mar 2528%Mar 2528%Oct 2528%Oct 2528%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 1.8d2.6d6.4d11.2d14.1d14.2d11.8d10.4d8.3d9.1d5.3d2.1d
Mixed 0.3d0.1d0.1d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.1d
Snow 0.3d0.2d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.1d
Any 2.4d2.9d6.5d11.2d14.1d14.2d11.8d10.4d8.3d9.1d5.3d2.3d

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. Xihe experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 9.9 months, from February 14 to December 10, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain in Xihe is June, with an average rainfall of 6.9 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 2.1 months, from December 10 to February 14. The month with the least rain in Xihe is January, with an average rainfall of 0.3 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Xihe

Average Monthly Rainfall in XiherainJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 in0 in2 in2 in4 in4 in6 in6 in8 in8 in10 in10 in12 in12 inJun 226.9 inJun 226.9 inJan 140.3 inJan 140.3 inDec 100.5 inDec 100.5 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 0.3″0.5″1.4″3.5″5.7″6.9″5.8″4.3″3.3″2.8″1.4″0.4″

The length of the day in Xihe varies over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 10 hours, 21 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 13 hours, 56 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Xihe

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 10.6h11.2h12.0h12.9h13.6h13.9h13.7h13.1h12.3h11.5h10.8h10.4h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:52 AM on June 10, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 50 minutes later at 7:42 AM on January 12. The earliest sunset is at 5:53 PM on December 1, and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 57 minutes later at 7:50 PM on July 1.

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

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in Xihe

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in XiheJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMJun 105:52 AMJun 105:52 AM7:50 PMJul 17:50 PMJul 1Dec 15:53 PMDec 15:53 PM7:42 AMJan 127:42 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 Xihe

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in XiheJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 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 AM000010101010202020203030303040404040505050606070708000001010101020202020303030304040404050505060606070708038NowNow
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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 Xihe

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.

Xihe experiences extreme seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 4.1 months, from May 19 to September 21, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 23% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in Xihe is July, with 28.1 days that are muggy or worse.

The least muggy day of the year is February 7, when muggy conditions are essentially unheard of.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Xihe

Humidity Comfort Levels in XihemuggyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Feb 70%Feb 70%92%Jul 2592%Jul 25May 1923%May 1923%Sep 2123%Sep 2123%NowNowoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggydrydrycomfortablecomfortable
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 0.0d0.0d0.0d1.1d6.7d18.4d28.1d24.4d9.8d1.5d0.0d0.0d

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 Xihe experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 3.8 months, from February 8 to June 1, with average wind speeds of more than 6.2 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Xihe is March, with an average hourly wind speed of 7.0 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 8.2 months, from June 1 to February 8. The calmest month of the year in Xihe is December, with an average hourly wind speed of 5.4 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Xihe

Average Wind Speed in XihewindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mphMar 267.1 mphMar 267.1 mphDec 145.3 mphDec 145.3 mphFeb 86.2 mphFeb 86.2 mphJun 16.2 mphJun 16.2 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) 5.76.57.07.06.66.46.76.05.95.55.55.4

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

The wind is most often from the south for 2.0 months, from June 15 to August 14, with a peak percentage of 57% on July 16. The wind is most often from the east for 10 months, from August 14 to June 15, with a peak percentage of 54% on January 1.

Wind Direction in Xihe

Wind Direction in XiheESEJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowsoutheastnorthwest
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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).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Xihe 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 times of year to visit Xihe for general outdoor tourist activities are from mid May to mid June and from early August to early October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

Tourism Score in Xihe

Tourism Score in Xihebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810106.46.40.10.16.06.05.25.2NowNowtemperaturetemperature 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 Xihe for hot-weather activities is from mid July to mid August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

Beach/Pool Score in Xihe

Beach/Pool Score in XiheJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810105.35.30.00.0NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
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 Xihe typically lasts for 9.2 months (283 days), from around March 1 to around December 9, rarely starting before February 7 or after March 21, and rarely ending before November 21 or after December 27.

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

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Xihegrowing seasonJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%50%Mar 150%Mar 150%Dec 950%Dec 990%Mar 2190%Mar 2190%Nov 2190%Nov 2110%Feb 710%Feb 710%Dec 2710%Dec 270%Jan 150%Jan 15Jul 21100%Jul 21100%NowNowvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhot
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 Xihe should appear around March 17, only rarely appearing before March 2 or after March 30.

Growing Degree Days in Xihe

Growing Degree Days in XiheJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F500°F500°F1,000°F1,000°F1,500°F1,500°F2,000°F2,000°F2,500°F2,500°F3,000°F3,000°F3,500°F3,500°F4,000°F4,000°FMar 1788°FMar 1788°FMay 28900°FMay 28900°FJul 91,800°FJul 91,800°FDec 314,068°FDec 314,068°FNowNow
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 4.4 months, from April 25 to September 6, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 5.4 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Xihe is July, with an average of 5.9 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.4 months, from November 2 to February 12, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 3.3 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Xihe is December, with an average of 2.7 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Xihe

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in XihebrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhJul 206.0 kWhJul 206.0 kWhDec 222.7 kWhDec 222.7 kWhApr 255.4 kWhApr 255.4 kWhSep 65.4 kWhSep 65.4 kWhNov 23.3 kWhNov 23.3 kWhFeb 123.3 kWhFeb 123.3 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) 2.93.44.25.15.65.75.95.85.03.83.02.7

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Xihe are 28.152 deg latitude, 107.531 deg longitude, and 3,127 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Xihe contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,027 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,247 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,199 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,397 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Xihe is covered by trees (59%) and cropland (39%), within 10 miles by trees (65%) and cropland (25%), and within 50 miles by trees (59%) and cropland (30%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Xihe, 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, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Xihe.

At a distance of 195 kilometers from Xihe, 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 Xihe to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 47%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 53%.

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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