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August Weather at Santander Airport Spain

Daily high temperatures are around 74°F, rarely falling below 68°F or exceeding 80°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 74°F on August 11.

Daily low temperatures are around 60°F, rarely falling below 54°F or exceeding 66°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 61°F on August 11.

For reference, on August 5, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Santander Airport typically range from 61°F to 74°F, while on February 6, the coldest day of the year, they range from 42°F to 55°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in August at Santander Airport

The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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

Average Hourly Temperature in August at Santander Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in August at Santander AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJulSepcoolcoolcomfortablecomfortablecool
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Clifton Springs, Victoria, Australia (10,766 miles away) and Waihi, New Zealand (12,032 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Santander Airport (view comparison).

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The month of August at Santander Airport experiences rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 25% to 37%.

The clearest day of the month is August 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 75% of the time.

For reference, on January 16, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 63%, while on July 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 76%.

Cloud Cover Categories in August at Santander Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in August at Santander AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JulSepAug 175%Aug 175%Aug 3163%Aug 3163%Aug 1171%Aug 1171%Aug 2168%Aug 2168%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Santander Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is gradually increasing, starting the month at 11% and ending it at 14%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 38% on November 22, and its lowest chance is 10% on July 5.

Probability of Precipitation in August at Santander Airport

The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 August at Santander Airport is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.6 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.8 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in August at Santander Airport

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of August at Santander Airport, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 19 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 37 seconds, and weekly decrease of 18 minutes, 21 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 13 hours, 13 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 14 hours, 32 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in August at Santander Airport

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Santander Airport is 7:05 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 33 minutes later at 7:38 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 9:37 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 46 minutes earlier at 8:51 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Santander Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:34 AM and sets 15 hours, 25 minutes later, at 9:59 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:44 AM and sets 8 hours, 57 minutes later, at 5:42 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in August at Santander Airport

The solar day over the course of August. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in August at Santander Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in August at Santander AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJulSep0010102020203030404050506000010102020303030404050506060
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of August 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for August 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in August at Santander Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in August at Santander AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMJulSepJul 612:58 AMJul 612:58 AMJul 2112:18 PMJul 2112:18 PMAug 41:14 PMAug 41:14 PMAug 198:26 PMAug 198:26 PMSep 33:56 AMSep 33:56 AMSep 184:35 AMSep 184:35 AM5:34 AM5:34 AM10:16 PM10:16 PM9:45 PM9:45 PM6:23 AM6:23 AM6:43 AM6:43 AM10:01 PM10:01 PM9:25 PM9:25 PM7:59 AM7:59 AM7:51 AM7:51 AM9:06 PM9:06 PM8:13 PM8:13 PM8:12 AM8:12 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Aug 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
10%3:26 AMNE8:10 PMNW-11:49 AMS240,251 mi
2
4%4:27 AMNE8:57 PMNW-12:45 PMS242,480 mi
3
1%5:33 AMNE9:33 PMWNW-1:38 PMS244,642 mi
4
0%6:43 AMENE10:01 PMWNW-2:27 PMS246,682 mi
5
1%7:51 AMENE10:24 PMWNW-3:12 PMS248,523 mi
6
4%8:57 AMENE10:43 PMWNW-3:54 PMS250,064 mi
7
9%10:01 AME11:00 PMW-4:33 PMS251,190 mi
8
15%11:03 AME11:17 PMW-5:12 PMS251,779 mi
9
23%12:04 PME11:33 PMW-5:50 PMS251,721 mi
10
32%1:07 PMESE11:52 PMWSW-6:30 PMS250,927 mi
11
41%2:11 PMESE--7:12 PMS249,354 mi
12
50%-12:13 AMWSW3:17 PMESE7:58 PMS247,011 mi
13
61%-12:38 AMWSW4:25 PMSE8:48 PMS243,977 mi
14
71%-1:11 AMSW5:33 PMSE9:44 PMS240,408 mi
15
81%-1:54 AMSW6:37 PMSE10:43 PMS236,544 mi
16
89%-2:49 AMSW7:33 PMSE11:45 PMS232,691 mi
17
92%-3:57 AMSW8:19 PMSE--
18
95%-5:15 AMSW8:56 PMESE12:47 AMS229,198 mi
19
100%-6:37 AMWSW9:25 PMESE1:46 AMS226,397 mi
20
100%-7:59 AMWSW9:50 PMESE2:42 AMS224,556 mi
21
98%-9:21 AMW10:13 PME3:34 AMS223,825 mi
22
92%-10:41 AMW10:34 PME4:24 AMS224,218 mi
23
84%-12:00 PMWNW10:57 PMENE5:14 AMS225,624 mi
24
74%-1:20 PMWNW11:23 PMENE6:04 AMS227,833 mi
25
63%-2:39 PMWNW11:55 PMENE6:56 AMS230,586 mi
26
50%-3:56 PMNW-7:50 AMS233,622 mi
27
40%12:33 AMNE5:07 PMNW-8:47 AMS236,713 mi
28
30%1:21 AMNE6:08 PMNW-9:44 AMS239,686 mi
29
20%2:19 AMNE6:57 PMNW-10:40 AMS242,426 mi
30
13%3:24 AMNE7:35 PMNW-11:34 AMS244,874 mi
31
7%4:32 AMENE8:05 PMWNW-12:23 PMS247,005 mi

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 Santander Airport is gradually decreasing during August, falling from 18% to 16% over the course of the month.

The highest chance of a muggy day during August is 20% on August 12.

For reference, on August 12, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 20% of the time, while on November 16, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in August at Santander Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in August at Santander AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%JulSepAug 1220%Aug 1220%Aug 118%Aug 118%Aug 3116%Aug 3116%Aug 2118%Aug 2118%muggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydryoppressiveoppressive
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Santander Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 8.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on December 13, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.7 miles per hour, while on August 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during August is 8.3 miles per hour on August 3.

Average Wind Speed in August at Santander Airport

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction at Santander Airport throughout August is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 41% on August 4.

Wind Direction in August at Santander Airport

Wind Direction in August at Santander AirportNEWAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%JulSepwesteastnorthsouth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Santander 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 Santander Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining around 70°F throughout.

The highest average surface water temperature during August is 70°F on August 14.

Average Water Temperature in August at Santander Airport

Average Water Temperature in August at Santander AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313163°F63°F64°F64°F65°F65°F66°F66°F67°F67°F68°F68°F69°F69°F70°F70°F71°F71°F72°F72°F73°F73°FJulSepAug 1470°FAug 1470°FAug 170°FAug 170°FAug 3170°FAug 3170°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Santander Airport typically lasts for 10 months (311 days), from around February 18 to around December 25, rarely starting after March 21, or ending before November 19.

The month of August at Santander Airport is reliably fully within the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in August at Santander Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in August at Santander Airportgrowing seasongrowing seasonAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JulSep100%Aug 16100%Aug 16Jul 29100%Jul 29100%coolcomfortablewarmcold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 Santander Airport are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 530°F, from 1,592°F to 2,122°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in August at Santander Airport

Growing Degree Days in August at Santander AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031311,400°F1,400°F1,500°F1,500°F1,600°F1,600°F1,700°F1,700°F1,800°F1,800°F1,900°F1,900°F2,000°F2,000°F2,100°F2,100°F2,200°F2,200°F2,300°F2,300°FJulSepAug 11,592°FAug 11,592°FAug 312,122°FAug 312,122°FAug 111,772°FAug 111,772°FAug 211,951°FAug 211,951°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of August, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Santander Airport is decreasing during August, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 6.9 kWh to 5.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in August at Santander Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in August at Santander AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhJulSepAug 16.9 kWhAug 16.9 kWhAug 315.5 kWhAug 315.5 kWhAug 116.5 kWhAug 116.5 kWhAug 216.0 kWhAug 216.0 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Santander Airport are 43.427 deg latitude, -3.823 deg longitude, and 0 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Santander Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 236 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 22 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,802 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (8,176 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Santander Airport is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and water (35%), within 10 miles by water (32%) and cropland (25%), and within 50 miles by water (51%) and trees (21%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Santander 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 Point

Santander 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 Burgos Villafria Airport, Vitoria Airport, Logrono / Agoncillo, and Biarritz Pays Basque Airport.

Other Data

All 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 .

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