February Weather in Santa María ArgentinaDaily high temperatures are around 74°F, rarely falling below 66°F or exceeding 81°F. Daily low temperatures are around 56°F, rarely falling below 50°F or exceeding 62°F. For reference, on December 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Santa María typically range from 57°F to 75°F, while on July 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 59°F. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. 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. Kokstad, South Africa (5,609 miles away) and Dorrigo, Australia (7,746 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Santa María (view comparison). CloudsThe month of February in Santa María experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 39% to 30%. The clearest day of the month is February 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 70% of the time. For reference, on January 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 41%, while on September 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 84%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Santa María, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 46% and ending it at 43%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 49% on January 10, and its lowest chance is 4% on August 5. 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 February in Santa María is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 6.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.3 inches or falls below 2.9 inches, and ending the month at 5.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.4 inches or falls below 2.6 inches. SunOver the course of February in Santa María, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 41 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 28 seconds, and weekly decrease of 10 minutes, 15 seconds. The shortest day of the month is February 29, with 12 hours, 38 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 1, with 13 hours, 19 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the month in Santa María is 6:57 AM on February 1 and the latest sunrise is 19 minutes later at 7:17 AM on February 29. The latest sunset is 8:17 PM on February 1 and the earliest sunset is 22 minutes earlier at 7:55 PM on February 29. Daylight saving time is not observed in Santa María during 2024. For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:27 AM and sets 13 hours, 49 minutes later, at 8:17 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:12 AM and sets 10 hours, 28 minutes later, at 6:39 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 February 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 Santa María is essentially constant during February, remaining around 1% throughout. For reference, on January 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on April 22, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time. 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 Santa María is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 6.4 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on November 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.8 miles per hour, while on May 23, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Santa María throughout February is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 58% on February 24. 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 Santa María typically lasts for 9.4 months (285 days), from around September 2 to around June 14, rarely starting before July 19 or after September 27, and rarely ending before May 17 or after July 11. The month of February in Santa María 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 Santa María are increasing during February, increasing by 400°F, from 1,955°F to 2,354°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 Santa María is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 7.1 kWh throughout. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Santa María are -26.695 deg latitude, -66.047 deg longitude, and 6,184 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Santa María contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 361 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6,222 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (5,817 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (17,037 feet). The area within 2 miles of Santa María is covered by bare soil (53%), trees (16%), and grassland (15%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (39%) and grassland (22%), and within 50 miles by trees (27%) and bare soil (22%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Santa María, 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, Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Santa María. At a distance of 95 kilometers from Santa María, 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 Santa María 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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