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. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 4, miles away is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Bottrop view comparison. A wet day is one with at least 0.
To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding day period centered around each day. The average sliding day rainfall during December in Bottrop is essentially constant , remaining about 2. Over the course of December in Bottrop, the length of the day is gradually decreasing.
From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 16 minutes , implying an average daily decrease of 32 seconds , and weekly decrease of 3 minutes, 42 seconds. The shortest day of the month is December 21 , with 7 hours, 49 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 1 , with 8 hours, 11 minutes of daylight.
The earliest sunrise of the month in Bottrop is AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 22 minutes later at AM on December Daylight saving time is observed in Bottrop during , but it neither starts nor ends during December, so the entire month is in standard time. For reference, on June 21 , the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at AM and sets 16 hours, 39 minutes later, at PM , while on December 21 , the shortest day of the year, it rises at AM and sets 7 hours, 49 minutes later, at 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.
