October Weather in Burao SomaliaDaily high temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 90°F to 86°F, rarely falling below 82°F or exceeding 94°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 7°F, from 68°F to 61°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 71°F. For reference, on June 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Burao typically range from 68°F to 92°F, while on December 28, the coldest day of the year, they range from 56°F to 83°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on October. 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. Cuicatlan, Mexico (9,267 miles away); Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (6,676 miles); and Laranja da Terra, Brazil (6,230 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Burao (view comparison). CloudsThe month of October in Burao experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 38% to 33%. The clearest day of the month is October 27, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 67% of the time. For reference, on May 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 64%, while on August 27, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Burao, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is gradually increasing, starting the month at 7% and ending it at 10%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 23% on April 26, and its lowest chance is 3% on January 14. RainfallTo 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 October in Burao is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.2 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 1.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches or falls below -0.0 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.1 inches on October 20. SunOver the course of October in Burao, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 11 hours, 47 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 12 hours, 2 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the month in Burao is 5:46 AM on October 11 and the latest sunrise is 1 minute, 44 seconds later at 5:47 AM on October 31. The latest sunset is 5:48 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 13 minutes earlier at 5:35 PM on October 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Burao during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:39 AM and sets 12 hours, 41 minutes later, at 6:19 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:08 AM and sets 11 hours, 34 minutes later, at 5:43 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. MoonThe figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for October 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. 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.
HumidityWe 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 Burao is gradually increasing during October, rising from 2% to 4% over the course of the month. The highest chance of a muggy day during October is 4% on October 29. For reference, on May 3, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 23% of the time, while on January 23, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time. WindThis 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 Burao is essentially constant during October, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 7.2 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on July 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 20.5 miles per hour, while on October 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.9 miles per hour. The lowest daily average wind speed during October is 6.9 miles per hour on October 13. The wind direction in Burao during October is predominantly out of the south from October 1 to October 4 and the north from October 4 to October 31. Growing SeasonDefinitions 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). Temperatures in Burao 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 50°F and a cap of 86°F. The average accumulated growing degree days in Burao are rapidly increasing during October, increasing by 742°F, from 6,941°F to 7,682°F, over the course of the month. Solar EnergyThis 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 Burao is essentially constant during October, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 6.8 kWh throughout. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Burao are 9.522 deg latitude, 45.534 deg longitude, and 3,415 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Burao contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 118 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,422 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (505 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (5,446 feet). The area within 2 miles of Burao is covered by trees (53%), artificial surfaces (28%), and sparse vegetation (12%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (39%) and grassland (38%), and within 50 miles by sparse vegetation (44%) and shrubs (31%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Burao, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Burao is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Burao, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . 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. 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 . 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