October Weather at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport MexicoDaily high temperatures decrease by 7°F, from 83°F to 76°F, rarely falling below 68°F or exceeding 90°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 10°F, from 55°F to 45°F, rarely falling below 38°F or exceeding 61°F. For reference, on June 13, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport typically range from 65°F to 95°F, while on January 6, the coldest day of the year, they range from 34°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 October. 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. San Juan, Argentina (4,840 miles away) and Ritchie, South Africa (9,479 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport (view comparison). CloudsThe month of October at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International 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 25% on October 16. The clearest day of the month is October 16, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 75% of the time. For reference, on August 4, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 52%, while on June 2, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 79%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 15% and ending it at 6%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 39% on August 2, and its lowest chance is 2% on March 28. 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 October at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport is decreasing, starting the month at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.0 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 0.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.2 inches or falls below -0.0 inches. SunOver the course of October at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 49 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 37 seconds, and weekly decrease of 11 minutes, 21 seconds. The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 11 hours, 3 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 11 hours, 52 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the month at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport is 6:57 AM on October 1 and the latest sunrise is 19 minutes later at 7:15 AM on October 31. The latest sunset is 6:48 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 30 minutes earlier at 6:18 PM on October 31. Daylight saving time is not observed at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:06 AM and sets 13 hours, 59 minutes later, at 8:04 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:52 AM and sets 10 hours, 19 minutes later, at 6:11 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 October 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 General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport is essentially constant during October, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on August 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time, while on October 25, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% 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 General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport is gradually increasing during October, increasing from 6.5 miles per hour to 7.1 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on April 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.8 miles per hour, while on August 14, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.9 miles per hour. The wind direction at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport during October is predominantly out of the east from October 1 to October 7, the south from October 7 to October 15, and the west from October 15 to October 31. 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 General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport typically lasts for 8.5 months (259 days), from around March 5 to around November 19, rarely starting before February 10 or after March 27, and rarely ending before October 28 or after December 9. The month of October at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season decreasing from 100% to 86% over the course of the month. Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in October at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport
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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 General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport are rapidly increasing during October, increasing by 457°F, from 5,094°F to 5,551°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 General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport is gradually decreasing during October, falling by 0.9 kWh, from 5.8 kWh to 4.9 kWh, over the course of the month. Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International 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 PointGeneral Roberto Fierro Villalobos International 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. There are no other weather stations in our network within 200 kilometers of this location. Consequently, in the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on NASA's MERRA-2 modern-era reanalysis , adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal differences between this station and the wide-area MERRA-2 reconstructed values.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 . Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors. DisclaimerThe information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. We assume no responsibility for any decisions made on the basis of the content presented on this site. We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands. We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader. Please review our full terms contained on our Terms of Service page. |