January Weather in Hacienda La Calera Chile

Daily high temperatures are around 77°F, rarely falling below 72°F or exceeding 83°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 77°F on January 5.

Daily low temperatures are around 54°F, rarely falling below 50°F or exceeding 59°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 55°F on January 14.

For reference, on January 5, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Hacienda La Calera typically range from 54°F to 77°F, while on July 25, the coldest day of the year, they range from 43°F to 62°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.

San Luis Obispo, United States (5,695 miles away); Grabouw, South Africa (5,013 miles); and Stutterheim, South Africa (5,488 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Hacienda La Calera (view comparison).

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The month of January in Hacienda La Calera experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 9% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 7% on January 31.

The clearest day of the month is January 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 93% of the time.

For reference, on May 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 55%, while on January 31, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 93%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Hacienda La Calera, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 1% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 19% on July 14, and its lowest chance is 0% on January 9.

Over the course of January in Hacienda La Calera, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 35 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 9 seconds, and weekly decrease of 8 minutes, 3 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 31, with 13 hours, 42 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 1, with 14 hours, 16 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Hacienda La Calera is 6:40 AM on January 1 and the latest sunrise is 27 minutes later at 7:07 AM on January 31.

The latest sunset is 8:56 PM on January 7 and the earliest sunset is 8 minutes earlier at 8:48 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Hacienda La Calera during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:33 AM and sets 14 hours, 19 minutes later, at 8:52 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:46 AM and sets 9 hours, 59 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.

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 Hacienda La Calera is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

The highest chance of a muggy day during January is 1% on January 31.

For reference, on January 31, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on June 14, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% 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 Hacienda La Calera is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 7.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on December 12, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour, while on May 20, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.3 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Hacienda La Calera during January is predominantly out of the south from January 1 to January 2 and the west from January 2 to January 31.

Hacienda La Calera 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 Hacienda La Calera is essentially constant during January, remaining within 1°F of 62°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).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Hacienda La Calera over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is July 15, with a 62% chance.

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 Hacienda La Calera are rapidly increasing during January, increasing by 478°F, from 1,511°F to 1,989°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 Hacienda La Calera is gradually decreasing during January, falling by 0.5 kWh, from 9.2 kWh to 8.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Hacienda La Calera are -32.783 deg latitude, -71.217 deg longitude, and 666 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Hacienda La Calera contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,391 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 814 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (6,473 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (12,986 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Hacienda La Calera is covered by shrubs (59%), trees (23%), and cropland (11%), within 10 miles by shrubs (51%) and trees (31%), and within 50 miles by water (31%) and shrubs (30%).