January Weather in Lahuachaca Bolivia

Daily high temperatures are around 63°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 71°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 63°F on January 12.

Daily low temperatures are around 43°F, rarely falling below 39°F or exceeding 46°F.

For reference, on November 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Lahuachaca typically range from 41°F to 67°F, while on July 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from 27°F to 60°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.

La Glorieta, Mexico (3,334 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Lahuachaca (view comparison).

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The month of January in Lahuachaca experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 82% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83% on January 13.

The clearest day of the month is January 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 19% of the time.

For reference, on January 13, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83%, while on July 21, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 71%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Lahuachaca, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 45% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 47% on January 11, and its lowest chance is 1% on May 16.

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 Lahuachaca is essentially constant, remaining about 2.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.8 inches or falling below 0.8 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.7 inches on January 18.

Over the course of January in Lahuachaca, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 17 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 33 seconds, and weekly decrease of 3 minutes, 52 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 31, with 12 hours, 52 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 1, with 13 hours, 9 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Lahuachaca is 5:59 AM on January 1 and the latest sunrise is 18 minutes later at 6:17 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 7:08 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 3 minutes later at 7:11 PM on January 19.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Lahuachaca during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:53 AM and sets 13 hours, 10 minutes later, at 7:04 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:59 AM and sets 11 hours, 5 minutes later, at 6:05 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 Lahuachaca is essentially constant during January, remaining around 0% throughout.

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 Lahuachaca is essentially constant during January, remaining around 7.0 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on September 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.9 miles per hour, while on May 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Lahuachaca throughout January is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 76% on January 28.

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).

The growing season in Lahuachaca typically lasts for 6.3 months (193 days), from around October 11 to around April 21, rarely starting before September 19 or after November 16, and rarely ending before April 3 or after May 10.

The month of January in Lahuachaca 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 Lahuachaca are gradually increasing during January, increasing by 114°F, from 729°F to 843°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 Lahuachaca is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 6.9 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lahuachaca are -17.371 deg latitude, -67.675 deg longitude, and 12,487 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lahuachaca contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 574 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 12,521 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (3,323 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (16,033 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lahuachaca is covered by bare soil (32%), grassland (28%), trees (22%), and shrubs (17%), within 10 miles by bare soil (23%) and grassland (22%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (30%) and grassland (22%).