Sunset in florida, december 2022

Daily high temperatures decrease by 2°C, from 26°C to 24°C, rarely falling below 20°C or exceeding 28°C.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 2°C, from 19°C to 17°C, rarely falling below 9°C or exceeding 23°C.

For reference, on 7 August, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Sunset typically range from 25°C to 32°C, while on 18 January, the coldest day of the year, they range from 16°C to 24°C.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on December. 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.

Anakao, Madagascar (14,412 kilometres away) and Kaohsiung, Taiwan (14,214 kilometres) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Sunset (view comparison).

The month of December in Sunset experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 34% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is 17 December, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 66% of the time.

For reference, on 13 September, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 68%, while on 7 March, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 71%.

A wet day is one with at least 1 millimetre of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Sunset, the chance of a wet day over the course of December is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 17% and ending it at 15%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 64% on 24 August, and its lowest chance is 14% on 26 January.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during December in Sunset is essentially constant, remaining about 35 millimetres throughout, and rarely exceeding 102 millimetres or falling below 3 millimetres.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 32 millimetres on 23 December.

Over the course of December in Sunset, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is 21 December, with 10 hours, 32 minutes of daylight and the longest day is 1 December, with 10 hours, 39 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Sunset is 6:50 am on 1 December and the latest sunrise is 17 minutes later at 7:07 am on 31 December.

The earliest sunset is 5:29 pm on 1 December and the latest sunset is 11 minutes later at 5:41 pm on 31 December.

Daylight saving time is observed in Sunset during 2022, but it neither starts nor ends during December, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on 21 June, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:30 am and sets 13 hours, 45 minutes later, at 8:15 pm, while on 21 December, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:03 am and sets 10 hours, 32 minutes later, at 5:35 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 December 2022. 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 Sunset is rapidly decreasing during December, falling from 48% to 37% over the course of the month.

For reference, on 16 July, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on 25 January, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 28% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 metres 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 Sunset is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.2 kilometres per hour of 19.4 kilometres per hour throughout.

For reference, on 14 March, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 20.4 kilometres per hour, while on 9 August, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.0 kilometres per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Sunset throughout December is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 49% on 2 December.

Sunset 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 Sunset is gradually decreasing during December, falling by 1°C, from 26°C to 25°C, over the course of the month.

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 (≥ 0°C) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from 1 July until 30 June in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Sunset 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 10°C and a cap of 30°C.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Sunset are rapidly increasing during December, increasing by 332°C, from 4,896°C to 5,228°C, over the course of the month.

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 Sunset is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 3.8 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during December is 3.7 kWh on 22 December.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Sunset are 25.706 deg. latitude, -80.352 deg. longitude, and 2 m elevation.

The topography within 3 kilometres of Sunset is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 10 metres and an average elevation above sea level of 2 metre. Within 16 kilometres is also essentially flat (10 metres). Within 80 kilometres is also essentially flat (25 metres).

The area within 3 kilometres of Sunset is covered by artificial surfaces (100%), within 16 kilometres by artificial surfaces (71%) and water (14%), and within 80 kilometres by water (45%) and herbaceous vegetation (36%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Sunset, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Sunset.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Sunset 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 Sunset is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Sunset and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

KMIA, 52%10 km, 6 mKTMB, 48%10 km, 1 m© OpenStreetMap contributors

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Sunset 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 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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