September Weather at Lifou Ouanaham Airport New CaledoniaDaily high temperatures increase by 2°F, from 75°F to 77°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 80°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 2°F, from 63°F to 65°F, rarely falling below 55°F or exceeding 71°F. For reference, on February 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Lifou Ouanaham Airport typically range from 75°F to 85°F, while on August 6, the coldest day of the year, they range from 63°F to 74°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on September. 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. Les Avirons, Réunion (7,009 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Lifou Ouanaham Airport (view comparison). CloudsThe month of September at Lifou Ouanaham Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 27% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 26% on September 10. The clearest day of the month is September 10, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 74% of the time. For reference, on February 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 67%, while on September 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 Lifou Ouanaham Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of September is essentially constant, remaining around 14% throughout. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 42% on February 28, and its lowest chance is 13% on October 16. 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 September at Lifou Ouanaham Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 1.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.6 inches. SunOver the course of September at Lifou Ouanaham Airport, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 34 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 10 seconds, and weekly increase of 8 minutes, 9 seconds. The shortest day of the month is September 1, with 11 hours, 42 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 30, with 12 hours, 16 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month at Lifou Ouanaham Airport is 6:00 AM on September 1 and the earliest sunrise is 27 minutes earlier at 5:33 AM on September 30. The earliest sunset is 5:42 PM on September 1 and the latest sunset is 7 minutes later at 5:49 PM on September 30. Daylight saving time is not observed at Lifou Ouanaham Airport during 2024. For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:07 AM and sets 13 hours, 24 minutes later, at 6:31 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:26 AM and sets 10 hours, 52 minutes later, at 5:18 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 September 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 Lifou Ouanaham Airport is rapidly increasing during September, rising from 22% to 32% over the course of the month. For reference, on February 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on August 6, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 18% 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 Lifou Ouanaham Airport is essentially constant during September, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 13.6 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on April 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 15.2 miles per hour, while on September 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.5 miles per hour. The lowest daily average wind speed during September is 13.5 miles per hour on September 15. The hourly average wind direction at Lifou Ouanaham Airport throughout September is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 69% on September 30. Water TemperatureLifou Ouanaham Airport 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 Lifou Ouanaham Airport is essentially constant during September, remaining around 75°F throughout. 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 at Lifou Ouanaham Airport 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 Lifou Ouanaham Airport are rapidly increasing during September, increasing by 589°F, from 1,154°F to 1,742°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 Lifou Ouanaham Airport is increasing during September, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 5.5 kWh to 6.5 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lifou Ouanaham Airport are -20.775 deg latitude, 167.240 deg longitude, and 102 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Lifou Ouanaham Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 174 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 126 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (328 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (400 feet). The area within 2 miles of Lifou Ouanaham Airport is covered by trees (82%), within 10 miles by water (59%) and trees (33%), and within 50 miles by water (94%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather at Lifou Ouanaham 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 PointLifou Ouanaham 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 are Ouvéa Ouloup Airport and La Roche - Maré Island Airport. 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. 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