January Weather at Lamap Malekula Airport Vanuatu

Daily high temperatures are around 86°F, rarely falling below 84°F or exceeding 89°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 77°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 79°F.

For reference, on February 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Lamap Malekula Airport typically range from 77°F to 87°F, while on August 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from 73°F to 80°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.

Easington, Jamaica (8,215 miles away) and Salvador, Brazil (9,733 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Lamap Malekula Airport (view comparison).

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The month of January at Lamap Malekula Airport experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 74% to 79%.

The clearest day of the month is January 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 26% of the time.

For reference, on February 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on August 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 55%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Lamap Malekula Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 41% and ending it at 48%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 52% on March 6, and its lowest chance is 16% on August 28.

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 Lamap Malekula Airport is increasing, starting the month at 6.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.9 inches or falls below 1.8 inches, and ending the month at 7.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.5 inches or falls below 2.4 inches.

Over the course of January at Lamap Malekula Airport, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 15 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 31 seconds, and weekly decrease of 3 minutes, 34 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 31, with 12 hours, 50 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 1, with 13 hours, 6 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Lamap Malekula Airport is 5:18 AM on January 1 and the latest sunrise is 18 minutes later at 5:36 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:24 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 4 minutes later at 6:28 PM on January 20.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Lamap Malekula Airport during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:13 AM and sets 13 hours, 7 minutes later, at 6:20 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:15 AM and sets 11 hours, 9 minutes later, at 5:24 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 Lamap Malekula Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining around 100% throughout.

For reference, on February 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on August 25, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 79% 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 Lamap Malekula Airport is gradually decreasing during January, decreasing from 11.8 miles per hour to 11.2 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on August 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 15.4 miles per hour, while on January 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.2 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during January is 11.2 miles per hour on January 31.

The hourly average wind direction at Lamap Malekula Airport throughout January is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 61% on January 1.

Lamap Malekula 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 Lamap Malekula Airport is essentially constant during January, remaining around 84°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 Lamap Malekula 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 Lamap Malekula Airport are very rapidly increasing during January, increasing by 940°F, from 5,173°F to 6,113°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 Lamap Malekula Airport is gradually decreasing during January, falling by 0.5 kWh, from 6.3 kWh to 5.8 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lamap Malekula Airport are -16.458 deg latitude, 167.829 deg longitude, and 30 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lamap Malekula Airport contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 564 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 103 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,637 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,380 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lamap Malekula Airport is covered by water (65%) and trees (25%), within 10 miles by water (73%) and trees (19%), and within 50 miles by water (86%) and trees (10%).