August Weather in Miraflores PeruDaily high temperatures are around 58°F, rarely falling below 54°F or exceeding 62°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 3°F, from 36°F to 38°F, rarely falling below 30°F or exceeding 41°F. For reference, on September 29, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Miraflores typically range from 40°F to 59°F, while on July 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 35°F to 56°F. 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. Westhaven-Moonstone, United States (4,610 miles away); Papatowai, New Zealand (6,834 miles); and Waiouru, New Zealand (6,719 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Miraflores (view comparison). CloudsThe month of August in Miraflores experiences rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 46% to 59%. The clearest day of the month is August 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time. For reference, on February 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 94%, while on July 29, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 54%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Miraflores, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is increasing, starting the month at 7% and ending it at 12%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 45% on March 7, and its lowest chance is 7% on August 1. 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 August in Miraflores is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.3 inches, and ending the month at 0.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.9 inches. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.5 inches on August 4. SunOver the course of August in Miraflores, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is August 1, with 11 hours, 43 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 31, with 11 hours, 56 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month in Miraflores is 6:22 AM on August 1 and the earliest sunrise is 13 minutes earlier at 6:09 AM on August 31. The earliest sunset is 6:04 PM on August 1 and the latest sunset is 53 seconds later at 6:05 PM on August 16. Daylight saving time is not observed in Miraflores during 2024. For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:45 AM and sets 12 hours, 41 minutes later, at 6:26 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:21 AM and sets 11 hours, 34 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. MoonThe 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.
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 Miraflores is essentially constant during August, 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 Miraflores is gradually increasing during August, increasing from 7.6 miles per hour to 8.3 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on September 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.4 miles per hour, while on May 24, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.2 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Miraflores throughout August is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 69% on August 16. 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 Miraflores typically lasts for 9.4 months (286 days), from around August 26 to around June 9, rarely starting before July 15 or after November 14, and rarely ending before May 5 or after July 8. The month of August in Miraflores is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly increasing from 22% to 58% over the course of the month. 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 Miraflores are gradually increasing during August, increasing by 50°F, from 38°F to 88°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 Miraflores is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 6.3 kWh throughout. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Miraflores are -9.494 deg latitude, -76.819 deg longitude, and 12,031 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Miraflores contains extreme variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 4,222 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 11,893 feet. Within 10 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,217 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (18,675 feet). The area within 2 miles of Miraflores is covered by grassland (50%), shrubs (28%), and cropland (19%), within 10 miles by grassland (57%) and shrubs (23%), and within 50 miles by grassland (39%) and shrubs (26%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Miraflores, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Miraflores 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 Miraflores, 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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