January Weather in El Carmen de Bolívar Colombia

Daily high temperatures are around 94°F, rarely falling below 89°F or exceeding 98°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 71°F, rarely falling below 68°F or exceeding 74°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 71°F on January 11.

For reference, on March 14, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in El Carmen de Bolívar typically range from 74°F to 96°F, while on January 11, the coldest day of the year, they range from 71°F to 93°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.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (11,534 miles away) and Kumalarang, Philippines (10,706 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to El Carmen de Bolívar (view comparison).

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The month of January in El Carmen de Bolívar experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 55% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 54% on January 13.

The clearest day of the month is January 13, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 46% of the time.

For reference, on September 19, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 94%, while on January 13, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 46%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In El Carmen de Bolívar, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 5% and ending it at 2%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 44% on October 21, and its lowest chance is 1% on January 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 El Carmen de Bolívar is essentially constant, remaining about 0.2 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.1 inches on January 28.

Over the course of January in El Carmen de Bolívar, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 11 hours, 34 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 11 hours, 43 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in El Carmen de Bolívar is 6:16 AM on January 1 and the latest sunrise is 6 minutes later at 6:22 AM on January 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:51 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 14 minutes later at 6:05 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in El Carmen de Bolívar during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:41 AM and sets 12 hours, 42 minutes later, at 6:23 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:12 AM and sets 11 hours, 34 minutes later, at 5:45 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 El Carmen de Bolívar is decreasing during January, falling from 95% to 89% over the course of the month.

For reference, on October 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on February 9, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 87% 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 El Carmen de Bolívar is gradually increasing during January, increasing from 3.3 miles per hour to 3.8 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on March 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.4 miles per hour, while on September 28, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 2.8 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in El Carmen de Bolívar throughout January is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 56% on January 26.

El Carmen de Bolívar 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 El Carmen de Bolívar is essentially constant during January, remaining around 82°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 El Carmen de Bolívar 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 El Carmen de Bolívar are rapidly increasing during January, increasing by 873°F, from 30°F to 903°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 El Carmen de Bolívar is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.5 kWh, from 5.4 kWh to 5.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of El Carmen de Bolívar are 9.717 deg latitude, -75.120 deg longitude, and 502 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of El Carmen de Bolívar contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 367 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 574 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,031 feet). Within 50 miles also contains large variations in elevation (2,769 feet).

The area within 2 miles of El Carmen de Bolívar is covered by grassland (58%), trees (20%), cropland (11%), and shrubs (11%), within 10 miles by trees (45%) and grassland (36%), and within 50 miles by grassland (38%) and trees (23%).