January Weather in Minas de Matahambre Cuba

Daily high temperatures are around 78°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 83°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 78°F on January 15.

Daily low temperatures are around 70°F, rarely falling below 64°F or exceeding 75°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 70°F on January 29.

For reference, on August 8, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Minas de Matahambre typically range from 80°F to 88°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 70°F to 78°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.

Salvador, Brazil (3,940 miles away); Pointe-Noire, Congo - Brazzaville (6,722 miles); and Mombasa, Kenya (8,472 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Minas de Matahambre (view comparison).

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The month of January in Minas de Matahambre experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 31% to 23%.

The clearest day of the month is January 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 77% of the time.

For reference, on June 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 75%, while on February 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 78%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Minas de Matahambre, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 13% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on September 16, and its lowest chance is 9% on December 20.

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 in Minas de Matahambre is essentially constant, remaining about 1.3 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.8 inches.

Over the course of January in Minas de Matahambre, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 21 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 42 seconds, and weekly increase of 4 minutes, 55 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 10 hours, 47 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 11 hours, 8 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Minas de Matahambre is 7:18 AM on January 16 and the earliest sunrise is 2 minutes, 49 seconds earlier at 7:15 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:02 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 21 minutes later at 6:23 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Minas de Matahambre during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:51 AM and sets 13 hours, 31 minutes later, at 8:23 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:11 AM and sets 10 hours, 45 minutes later, at 5:56 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 in Minas de Matahambre is decreasing during January, falling from 71% to 65% over the course of the month.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during January is 64% on January 30.

For reference, on June 7, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 30, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 64% 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 in Minas de Matahambre is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 10.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on November 4, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.6 miles per hour, while on July 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.3 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during January is 10.4 miles per hour on January 3.

The hourly average wind direction in Minas de Matahambre throughout January is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 59% on January 1.

Minas de Matahambre 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 in Minas de Matahambre is essentially constant during January, remaining around 79°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 in Minas de Matahambre 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 in Minas de Matahambre are rapidly increasing during January, increasing by 706°F, from 24°F to 730°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 in Minas de Matahambre is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 4.2 kWh to 4.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Minas de Matahambre are 22.587 deg latitude, -83.946 deg longitude, and 436 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Minas de Matahambre contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 666 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 385 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,978 feet). Within 50 miles also contains large variations in elevation (2,339 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Minas de Matahambre is covered by trees (80%), within 10 miles by trees (63%) and cropland (17%), and within 50 miles by water (58%) and trees (19%).