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SUNSHINE GUIDE TO PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
SEASONS: Prague has the standard, north-European, four-season year. Spring
(mid-April through May) is a season of alternation of warm and wintry weather,
with the new sprouts raising hopes. Summer (June through mid-September)
brings long days and lush, exuberant growth. Autumn (mid-September through
early November) features the slow cessation of plant growth and the first
frosts. Winter (early November through the middle of April) holds sway with
short cold days, freezing temperatures, and snow and ice. All growth is
dormant until spring brings things to life once more.
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
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HOURS OF DAYLIGHT 8:37 10:05 11:53 13:46 15:25 16:19 15:55 14:28 12:40 10:48 9:06 8:10
HOURS OF SUNSHINE 1:50 2:54 4:47 6:09 7:46 8:29 8:08 7:45 6:14 3:54 1:39 1:18
AREA OF BLUE SKY 22% 24% 32% 35% 35% 37% 36% 40% 41% 28% 20% 18%
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LOW FOR MONTH 8° 11° 20° 30° 38° 47° 53° 49° 41° 32° 23° 12°
SUNRISE TEMPERATURE 25° 28° 33° 40° 49° 55° 58° 57° 52° 44° 35° 29°
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE 34° 38° 45° 55° 65° 72° 74° 73° 65° 54° 41° 34°
HIGH FOR MONTH 46° 49° 61° 72° 83° 88° 90° 88° 81° 72° 54° 51°
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FROSTY MORNINGS 73% 77% 51% 22% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 9% 41% 67%
AFTERNOONS OVER 90° 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0%
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 74% 67% 55% 48% 46% 47% 48% 48% 51% 60% 73% 78%
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REASONABLY DRY DAYS 92% 90% 88% 81% 79% 76% 78% 81% 82% 84% 84% 91%
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 0.8" 0.9" 1.1" 1.5" 2.3" 2.8" 2.5" 2.2" 1.7" 1.2" 1.2" 0.9"
SNOWY DAYS 36% 35% 26% 11% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 18% 28%
THUNDER DAYS 0% 0% 1% 5% 17% 22% 19% 19% 6% 0% 0% 1%
FOGGY DAYS 17% 20% 15% 4% 2% 1% 1% 3% 10% 22% 21% 26%
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NICE DAY INDEX 55% 58% 64% 71% 75% 76% 77% 78% 75% 69% 54% 52%
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Copyright 1995 by Patrick J. Tyson, Box 492787, Redding CA 96049. All rights reserved.
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SUNSHINE GUIDE TO PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
SUNNIEST MONTHS: May through late September features sunshine on more than
half of the daylight hours. This is when you can expect to get the sunniest
weather of the year. In general, 42% of the year's daylight hours will be
sunny--from a high of 54% in August, to a low of 16% in December.
WARMEST MONTHS: June, July, and August are characterized by mild to warm
afternoons that very rarely get hot. The short nights are usually mild to
cool, and drop to chilly every once in a while. The hottest temperature of
the year will be around 92°, and will probably occur during a July hot spell.
From late June through early August, many nights will be hot enough that
you will sleep better with some sort of room-cooling.
COOLEST MONTHS: From the middle of November through the end of March, you can
expect frosty mornings on more than half of the days. From December through
February, you should be ready for afternoon temperatures to remain below
freezing on one day in three. The coldest temperature of the year will be
around 3°, and will probably occur during a January Arctic outbreak.
Snowfalls are characteristic of Prague winters, but they don't stay on
the ground for long in the city center. Only one winter day in four will have
snow on the ground past noon. Nevertheless, the ground itself usually remains
frozen, and the suburbs will be snow-covered more frequently.
DRIEST MONTHS: The autumn months (and to a lesser extent the spring ones) are
generally drier than the rest of the year, but it's difficult to be any more
specific than that. Year to year variations are significant. In the long
run, some 40% of the year's days will get no measurable precipitation; that
is, they will get less than a hundredth of an inch. September and October
will have 63% such days, whereas June and July will get only 55%. This is not
a very big difference, and in some years it isn't there at all.
A "dry day" in the table, however, is one with less than a tenth of an
inch--a more useful measure. It takes at least that much to wet the ground
under the trees.
THINGS TO KNOW: A significant portion of the summer rain comes as brief,
intense thundershowers, usually in the afternoon and early evening. The rains
and snows of the rest of the year tend to be lighter and much more persistent.
They result from the same frontal systems that sweep across the rest of
Europe. Since frontal storms can arrive at any time of the day or night,
these precipitation events show no preference for any particular time of day
or night.
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Copyright 1995 by Patrick J. Tyson, Box 492787, Redding CA 96049. All rights reserved.
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