April Weather in Chocos PeruDaily high temperatures are around 62°F, rarely falling below 57°F or exceeding 67°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 45°F to 43°F, rarely falling below 40°F or exceeding 48°F. For reference, on March 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Chocos typically range from 45°F to 63°F, while on July 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 39°F to 58°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, United States (4,824 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Chocos (view comparison). CloudsThe month of April in Chocos experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 73% to 46%. The clearest day of the month is April 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time. For reference, on February 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 86%, while on August 3, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 72%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Chocos, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is essentially constant, remaining around 1% throughout. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 6% on February 19, and its lowest chance is -0% on June 14. 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 Chocos is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.3 inches. SunOver the course of April in Chocos, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 19 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 39 seconds, and weekly decrease of 4 minutes, 35 seconds. The shortest day of the month is April 30, with 11 hours, 39 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 1, with 11 hours, 58 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the month in Chocos is 6:08 AM on April 1 and the latest sunrise is 2 minutes, 59 seconds later at 6:11 AM on April 30. The latest sunset is 6:05 PM on April 1 and the earliest sunset is 16 minutes earlier at 5:49 PM on April 30. Daylight saving time is not observed in Chocos during 2024. For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:35 AM and sets 12 hours, 53 minutes later, at 6:28 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:24 AM and sets 11 hours, 22 minutes later, at 5:46 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 Chocos 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 Chocos is essentially constant during April, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 5.3 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on November 13, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour, while on March 11, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.1 miles per hour. The wind direction in Chocos during April is predominantly out of the south from April 1 to April 4 and the east from April 4 to April 30. Water TemperatureChocos 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 Chocos is gradually decreasing during April, falling by 2°F, from 69°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 Chocos typically lasts for 11 months (345 days), from around July 21 to around June 30, rarely starting after August 23, or ending before May 24. The month of April in Chocos is very likely fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season gradually decreasing from 99% to 96% 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 Chocos are gradually increasing during April, increasing by 105°F, from 823°F to 928°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 Chocos is essentially constant during April, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 6.0 kWh throughout. The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during April is 6.1 kWh on April 27. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Chocos are -12.914 deg latitude, -75.863 deg longitude, and 8,891 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Chocos contains extreme variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 5,315 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 9,294 feet. Within 10 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (12,484 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (19,301 feet). The area within 2 miles of Chocos is covered by shrubs (42%), bare soil (22%), cropland (12%), and grassland (11%), within 10 miles by shrubs (30%) and sparse vegetation (21%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (23%) and sparse vegetation (22%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Chocos, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere is only a single weather station, Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Chocos. At a distance of 100 kilometers from Chocos, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Chocos according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis. Other DataAll 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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