October Weather in Arawa Papua New Guinea

Daily high temperatures are around 83°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 86°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 78°F, rarely falling below 76°F or exceeding 80°F.

For reference, on December 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Arawa typically range from 79°F to 84°F, while on August 13, the coldest day of the year, they range from 78°F to 82°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.

San Andrés, Colombia (8,525 miles away); Praslin, St. Lucia (9,915 miles); and Fernando de Noronha (Distrito Estadual), Pernambuco, Brazil (11,562 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Arawa (view comparison).

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The month of October in Arawa experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 83% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is October 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 18% of the time.

For reference, on February 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 90%, while on August 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 23%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Arawa, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is essentially constant, remaining around 55% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 65% on February 11, and its lowest chance is 48% on November 24.

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 October in Arawa is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 7.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 14.1 inches or falls below 1.6 inches, and ending the month at 7.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.7 inches or falls below 1.5 inches.

Over the course of October in Arawa, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is October 1, with 12 hours, 9 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 31, with 12 hours, 20 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Arawa is 6:22 AM on October 1 and the earliest sunrise is 11 minutes earlier at 6:11 AM on October 31.

The latest sunset is 6:32 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 minute, 36 seconds earlier at 6:30 PM on October 20.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Arawa during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:21 AM and sets 12 hours, 29 minutes later, at 6:50 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:46 AM and sets 11 hours, 46 minutes later, at 6:32 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 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.

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 Arawa is essentially constant during October, remaining around 100% throughout.

For reference, on January 1, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on October 17, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time.

This 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 Arawa is gradually decreasing during October, decreasing from 7.3 miles per hour to 6.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on August 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.8 miles per hour, while on December 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Arawa throughout October is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 66% on October 19.

Arawa 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 Arawa is essentially constant during October, remaining around 85°F throughout.

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 (≥ 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 Arawa 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 Arawa are very rapidly increasing during October, increasing by 907°F, from 2,714°F to 3,622°F, 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 Arawa is essentially constant during October, remaining around 4.9 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Arawa are -6.230 deg latitude, 155.566 deg longitude, and 92 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Arawa contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,476 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 315 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,167 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,917 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Arawa is covered by trees (51%) and water (34%), within 10 miles by water (45%) and trees (42%), and within 50 miles by water (68%) and trees (25%).