December Weather at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport Morocco

Daily high temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 62°F to 59°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 70°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 42°F to 38°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 48°F.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport typically range from 79°F to 101°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from 37°F to 59°F.

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

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The month of December at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 29% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is December 22, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 71% of the time.

For reference, on October 19, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 39%, while on July 16, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 92%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of December is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 9% and ending it at 6%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 11% on September 26, and its lowest chance is 2% on July 18.

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 December at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 0.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.8 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of December at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is December 21, with 10 hours, 4 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 1, with 10 hours, 13 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport is 8:00 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 17 minutes later at 8:17 AM on December 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:12 PM on December 3 and the latest sunset is 11 minutes later at 6:23 PM on December 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during December, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:12 AM and sets 14 hours, 15 minutes later, at 8:26 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:14 AM and sets 10 hours, 4 minutes later, at 6:17 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 December 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 Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport is essentially constant during December, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 16, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% 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 Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.7 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on May 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.9 miles per hour, while on December 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.6 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during December is 6.6 miles per hour on December 19.

The hourly average wind direction at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport throughout December is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 46% on December 30.

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).

The growing season at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport typically lasts for 11 months (348 days), from around January 16 to around December 29, rarely starting after February 13, or ending before December 3.

During December at Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is rapidly decreasing falling from 92% to 49% over the course of the month.

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 Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport are gradually increasing during December, increasing by 97°F, from 6,559°F to 6,656°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 Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport is essentially constant during December, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 3.6 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during December is 3.5 kWh on December 17.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport are 31.947 deg latitude, -4.399 deg longitude, and 3,412 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 177 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,377 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,110 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (9,826 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport is covered by bare soil (74%) and artificial surfaces (24%), within 10 miles by bare soil (85%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (75%) and sparse vegetation (20%).