January Weather at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon Colombia

Daily high temperatures are around 85°F, rarely falling below 80°F or exceeding 89°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 67°F, rarely falling below 65°F or exceeding 69°F.

For reference, on August 6, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon typically range from 66°F to 86°F, while on July 27, the coldest day of the year, they range from 66°F to 86°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on January. 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.

Padangsidempuan, Indonesia (11,996 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon (view comparison).

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The month of January at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 81% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79% on January 11.

The clearest day of the month is January 11, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 21% of the time.

For reference, on May 7, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 90%, while on July 21, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 28%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 26% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 49% on November 6, and its lowest chance is 20% on August 10.

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 January at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon is essentially constant, remaining about 2.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.9 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 2.0 inches on January 23.

Over the course of January at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 11 hours, 55 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 11 hours, 58 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon is 6:11 AM on January 1 and the latest sunrise is 9 minutes later at 6:19 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:06 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 11 minutes later at 6:18 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:57 AM and sets 12 hours, 20 minutes later, at 6:17 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:06 AM and sets 11 hours, 55 minutes later, at 6:01 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 January 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 at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon is gradually decreasing during January, falling from 59% to 55% over the course of the month.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during January is 55% on January 31.

For reference, on May 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 81% of the time, while on August 24, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 43% 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 at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 3.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.6 miles per hour, while on April 16, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.0 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during January is 3.7 miles per hour on January 4.

The hourly average wind direction at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon throughout January is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 52% on January 1.

Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon 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 at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon is essentially constant during January, remaining around 80°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 at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon 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 at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon are rapidly increasing during January, increasing by 733°F, from 25°F to 758°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 at Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 4.6 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon are 3.543 deg latitude, -76.382 deg longitude, and 3,166 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 98 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,163 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,133 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (17,641 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Cali / Alfonso Bonillaaragon is covered by cropland (37%), grassland (28%), trees (23%), and shrubs (13%), within 10 miles by cropland (32%) and grassland (29%), and within 50 miles by trees (42%) and grassland (22%).