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May Weather in Ponuga Panama

Daily high temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 90°F to 85°F, rarely falling below 82°F or exceeding 96°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 77°F, rarely falling below 75°F or exceeding 79°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 77°F on May 6.

For reference, on March 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Ponuga typically range from 76°F to 94°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 73°F to 86°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in May in Ponuga

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 May. 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 May in Ponuga

Average Hourly Temperature in May in PonugaMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMAprJunwarmhot
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.

Nedumangād, India (10,552 miles away) and Ranong, Thailand (11,216 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Ponuga (view comparison).

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The month of May in Ponuga experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 82% to 93%.

The clearest day of the month is May 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 18% of the time.

For reference, on July 25, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 93%, while on January 3, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 55%.

Cloud Cover Categories in May in Ponuga

Cloud Cover Categories in May in PonugaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJunMay 118%May 118%May 317%May 317%May 1111%May 1111%May 219%May 219%clearmostly cloudyovercastmostly clearpartly cloudy
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. In Ponuga, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 30% and ending it at 43%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 50% on October 23, and its lowest chance is 4% on February 9.

Probability of Precipitation in May in Ponuga

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 May in Ponuga is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 5.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.4 inches or falls below 1.8 inches, and ending the month at 7.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.2 inches or falls below 3.4 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in May in Ponuga

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 May in Ponuga, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 12 hours, 24 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 33 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in May in Ponuga

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 latest sunrise of the month in Ponuga is 6:08 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 4 minutes earlier at 6:05 AM on May 26.

The earliest sunset is 6:33 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 5 minutes later at 6:38 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Ponuga during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:08 AM and sets 12 hours, 35 minutes later, at 6:43 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:32 AM and sets 11 hours, 40 minutes later, at 6:12 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in May in Ponuga

The solar day over the course of May. 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 May in Ponuga

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in PonugaMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMAprJun0010102020203030404050505060607070800001010202030303040405050606060707080
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of May 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 May 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 May in Ponuga

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May in PonugaMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunApr 81:22 PMApr 81:22 PMApr 236:50 PMApr 236:50 PMMay 710:23 PMMay 710:23 PMMay 238:54 AMMay 238:54 AMJun 67:38 AMJun 67:38 AMJun 218:09 PMJun 218:09 PM6:06 AM6:06 AM6:41 PM6:41 PM6:27 PM6:27 PM6:30 AM6:30 AM5:30 AM5:30 AM6:18 PM6:18 PM5:59 PM5:59 PM5:57 AM5:57 AM6:00 AM6:00 AM7:04 PM7:04 PM6:39 PM6:39 PM6:34 AM6:34 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.
May 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
50%12:46 AMESE12:48 PMWSW-6:48 AMS232,127 mi
2
38%1:37 AMESE1:44 PMWSW-7:41 AMS229,802 mi
3
27%2:25 AMESE2:38 PMW-8:32 AMS227,820 mi
4
17%3:11 AME3:32 PMW-9:21 AMS226,385 mi
5
9%3:56 AME4:26 PMW-10:10 AMS225,696 mi
6
3%4:42 AME5:21 PMWNW-11:00 AMN225,909 mi
7
0%5:30 AMENE6:18 PMWNW-11:53 AMN227,095 mi
8
1%6:22 AMENE7:19 PMWNW-12:49 PMN229,215 mi
9
4%7:17 AMENE8:20 PMWNW-1:47 PMN232,112 mi
10
9%8:16 AMENE9:21 PMWNW-2:48 PMN235,533 mi
11
17%9:15 AMENE10:19 PMWNW-3:47 PMN239,168 mi
12
26%10:12 AMENE11:12 PMWNW-4:43 PMN242,700 mi
13
35%11:07 AMENE--5:35 PMN245,850 mi
14
45%-12:00 AMWNW11:58 AMENE6:22 PMN248,403 mi
15
50%-12:43 AMWNW12:45 PMENE7:05 PMN250,214 mi
16
65%-1:23 AMWNW1:30 PME7:46 PMN251,215 mi
17
73%-2:00 AMW2:13 PME8:25 PMS251,405 mi
18
82%-2:36 AMW2:55 PME9:03 PMS250,842 mi
19
89%-3:11 AMW3:37 PME9:43 PMS249,634 mi
20
94%-3:48 AMW4:22 PMESE10:24 PMS247,916 mi
21
98%-4:27 AMWSW5:09 PMESE11:08 PMS245,845 mi
22
100%-5:10 AMWSW5:59 PMESE11:57 PMS243,574 mi
23
100%-5:57 AMWSW6:54 PMESE--
24
100%-6:48 AMWSW7:51 PMESE12:50 AMS241,247 mi
25
97%-7:45 AMWSW8:50 PMESE1:48 AMS238,979 mi
26
92%-8:44 AMWSW9:48 PMESE2:47 AMS236,852 mi
27
84%-9:44 AMWSW10:43 PMESE3:47 AMS234,914 mi
28
75%-10:43 AMWSW11:34 PMESE4:44 AMS233,185 mi
29
65%-11:39 AMWSW-5:38 AMS231,680 mi
30
50%12:22 AMESE12:33 PMW-6:28 AMS230,422 mi
31
41%1:08 AME1:25 PMW-7:17 AMS229,459 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 in Ponuga is essentially constant during May, remaining within 1% of 99% throughout.

For reference, on January 1, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on March 23, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 93% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in Ponuga

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in PonugaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%AprJunMay 199%May 199%May 31100%May 31100%May 11100%May 11100%May 21100%May 21100%miserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumid
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 in Ponuga is gradually decreasing during May, decreasing from 6.3 miles per hour to 5.8 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 27, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.5 miles per hour, while on July 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.2 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in May in Ponuga

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

The wind direction in Ponuga during May is predominantly out of the north from May 1 to May 16 and the west from May 16 to May 31.

Wind Direction in May in Ponuga

Wind Direction in May in PonugaNWMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%AprJunwestnorthsouth
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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).

Ponuga 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 Ponuga is essentially constant during May, remaining around 83°F throughout.

The highest average surface water temperature during May is 83°F on May 22.

Average Water Temperature in May in Ponuga

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).

Temperatures in Ponuga 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.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Ponuga

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in PonugaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJun100%May 16100%May 16warmhotswelteringcomfortable
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 in Ponuga are very rapidly increasing during May, increasing by 932°F, from 3,643°F to 4,576°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in May in Ponuga

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of May, 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 in Ponuga is decreasing during May, falling by 1.4 kWh, from 4.7 kWh to 3.3 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in Ponuga

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in PonugaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhAprJunMay 14.7 kWhMay 14.7 kWhMay 313.3 kWhMay 313.3 kWhMay 114.1 kWhMay 114.1 kWhMay 213.6 kWhMay 213.6 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 Ponuga are 7.882 deg latitude, -80.979 deg longitude, and 157 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ponuga contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 955 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 192 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,077 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,188 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ponuga is covered by grassland (46%), trees (35%), and shrubs (18%), within 10 miles by trees (28%) and grassland (22%), and within 50 miles by water (29%) and grassland (27%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Ponuga, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Ponuga is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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.

The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Ponuga, according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

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.

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.

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