April Weather in Lluchubamba PeruDaily high temperatures are around 60°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 65°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 60°F on April 13. Daily low temperatures are around 41°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 44°F. For reference, on September 20, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Lluchubamba typically range from 41°F to 64°F, while on July 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from 37°F to 61°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on April. 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. Ferndale, California, United States (4,441 miles away) and Carmel Valley Village, California, United States (4,162 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Lluchubamba (view comparison). CloudsThe month of April in Lluchubamba experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 83% to 64%. The clearest day of the month is April 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 36% of the time. For reference, on February 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 91%, while on July 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 64%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Lluchubamba, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 31% and ending it at 18%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on March 18, and its lowest chance is 2% on August 7. 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 April in Lluchubamba is decreasing, starting the month at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.0 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the month at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.7 inches or falls below 0.2 inches. SunOver the course of April in Lluchubamba, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is April 30, with 11 hours, 51 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 1, with 12 hours, 1 minute of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month in Lluchubamba is 6:14 AM on April 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 minute, 15 seconds earlier at 6:13 AM on April 24. The latest sunset is 6:16 PM on April 1 and the earliest sunset is 12 minutes earlier at 6:04 PM on April 30. Daylight saving time is not observed in Lluchubamba during 2024. For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:53 AM and sets 12 hours, 34 minutes later, at 6:27 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:23 AM and sets 11 hours, 41 minutes later, at 6:04 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 April 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 in Lluchubamba is essentially constant during April, remaining around 0% throughout. 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 in Lluchubamba is gradually increasing during April, increasing from 4.5 miles per hour to 5.1 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on August 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.5 miles per hour, while on December 1, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.2 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Lluchubamba throughout April is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 72% on April 30. Water TemperatureLluchubamba 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 Lluchubamba is gradually decreasing during April, falling by 3°F, from 70°F to 67°F, over the course of the month. 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 in Lluchubamba typically lasts for 11 months (327 days), from around August 1 to around June 25, rarely starting after December 1, or ending before May 22. The month of April in Lluchubamba is reliably fully 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 Lluchubamba are gradually increasing during April, increasing by 76°F, from 895°F to 970°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 in Lluchubamba is essentially constant during April, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.3 kWh throughout. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lluchubamba are -7.522 deg latitude, -77.971 deg longitude, and 10,548 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Lluchubamba contains extreme variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 4,521 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 10,921 feet. Within 10 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (10,768 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (13,688 feet). The area within 2 miles of Lluchubamba is covered by grassland (65%), cropland (13%), and shrubs (12%), within 10 miles by grassland (49%) and shrubs (31%), and within 50 miles by grassland (38%) and shrubs (29%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Lluchubamba, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Lluchubamba 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 Lluchubamba, 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 . 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