The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on August. 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. West Lake Sammamish, Washington, United States 4, miles away is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Rueil-Malmaison 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 August in Rueil-Malmaison is essentially constant , remaining about 1. Over the course of August in Rueil-Malmaison, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing.
From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 36 minutes , implying an average daily decrease of 3 minutes, 13 seconds , and weekly decrease of 22 minutes, 29 seconds. The shortest day of the month is August 31 , with 13 hours, 29 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1 , with 15 hours, 5 minutes of daylight. Daylight saving time is observed in Rueil-Malmaison during , but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.
For reference, on June 21 , the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at AM and sets 16 hours, 11 minutes later, at PM , while on December 21 , the shortest day of the year, it rises at AM and sets 8 hours, 15 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.
