April Weather at Stinson Municipal Airport United StatesDaily high temperatures increase by 6°F, from 78°F to 85°F, rarely falling below 69°F or exceeding 92°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 7°F, from 57°F to 65°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 73°F. For reference, on August 5, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Stinson Municipal Airport typically range from 75°F to 97°F, while on January 7, the coldest day of the year, they range from 43°F to 64°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on April. 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. Ben Gardane, Tunisia (6,138 miles away); Sumusţā as Sulţānī, Egypt (7,213 miles); and Riāsi, India (8,111 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Stinson Municipal Airport (view comparison). CloudsThe month of April at Stinson Municipal Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 37% throughout the month. The clearest day of the month is April 24, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 64% of the time. For reference, on January 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46%, while on June 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 74%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Stinson Municipal Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 26%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 31% on May 26, and its lowest chance is 13% on December 15. 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 April at Stinson Municipal Airport is increasing, starting the month at 1.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.1 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the month at 2.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.2 inches or falls below 0.5 inches. SunOver the course of April at Stinson Municipal Airport, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 48 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 39 seconds, and weekly increase of 11 minutes, 33 seconds. The shortest day of the month is April 1, with 12 hours, 30 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 30, with 13 hours, 18 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month at Stinson Municipal Airport is 7:22 AM on April 1 and the earliest sunrise is 30 minutes earlier at 6:52 AM on April 30. The earliest sunset is 7:52 PM on April 1 and the latest sunset is 17 minutes later at 8:10 PM on April 30. Daylight saving time is observed at Stinson Municipal Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during April, so the entire month is in standard time. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:34 AM and sets 14 hours, 2 minutes later, at 8:36 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:24 AM and sets 10 hours, 16 minutes later, at 5:40 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 April 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 at Stinson Municipal Airport is very rapidly increasing during April, rising from 18% to 43% over the course of the month. For reference, on June 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 88% of the time, while on January 23, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% 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 at Stinson Municipal Airport is essentially constant during April, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 10.3 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on April 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on September 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.9 miles per hour. The highest daily average wind speed during April is 10.4 miles per hour on April 1. The hourly average wind direction at Stinson Municipal Airport throughout April is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 53% on April 30. 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). The growing season at Stinson Municipal Airport typically lasts for 9.9 months (300 days), from around February 11 to around December 7, rarely starting before January 13 or after March 9, and rarely ending before November 15 or after December 30. The month of April at Stinson Municipal Airport is reliably fully within the growing season. 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 at Stinson Municipal Airport are rapidly increasing during April, increasing by 582°F, from 905°F to 1,488°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 at Stinson Municipal Airport is essentially constant during April, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 6.2 kWh throughout. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Stinson Municipal Airport are 29.339 deg latitude, -98.468 deg longitude, and 571 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Stinson Municipal Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 174 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 574 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (413 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,860 feet). The area within 2 miles of Stinson Municipal Airport is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and shrubs (37%), within 10 miles by shrubs (39%) and artificial surfaces (34%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (38%) and cropland (28%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather at Stinson Municipal Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointStinson Municipal Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required. In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations. The stations on which we may fall back include but are not limited to Kelly Field Annex, San Antonio International Airport, Randolph Air Force Base, Pleasanton Municipal Airport, New Braunfels Municipal Airport, Hondo Municipal Airport, San Marcos Municipal Airport, and Vamc Heliport. Other DataAll 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. All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . 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. 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 . Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com . 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