January Weather in Upata VenezuelaDaily high temperatures increase by 2°F, from 87°F to 89°F, rarely falling below 83°F or exceeding 93°F. Daily low temperatures are around 68°F, rarely falling below 65°F or exceeding 70°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 68°F on January 16. For reference, on March 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Upata typically range from 71°F to 94°F, while on January 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 68°F to 88°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. Bangui, Central African Republic (5,565 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Upata (view comparison). CloudsThe month of January in Upata experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 70% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 68% on January 24. The clearest day of the month is January 24, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 32% of the time. For reference, on April 19, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 78%, while on July 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 43%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Upata, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 24% and ending it at 14%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 61% on June 24, and its lowest chance is 7% on March 12. 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 January in Upata is decreasing, starting the month at 1.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.2 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the month at 1.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.0 inches. SunOver the course of January in Upata, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 11 hours, 40 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 11 hours, 47 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the month in Upata is 6:22 AM on January 1 and the latest sunrise is 7 minutes later at 6:29 AM on January 31. The earliest sunset is 6:03 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 13 minutes later at 6:16 PM on January 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Upata during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:53 AM and sets 12 hours, 35 minutes later, at 6:29 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:18 AM and sets 11 hours, 40 minutes later, at 5:57 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 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.
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 Upata is very rapidly decreasing during January, falling from 81% to 55% over the course of the month. For reference, on August 15, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on March 15, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 45% 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 Upata is gradually increasing during January, increasing from 6.7 miles per hour to 7.5 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on March 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour, while on August 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Upata throughout January is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 92% on January 31. 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). Temperatures in Upata 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 Upata are rapidly increasing during January, increasing by 784°F, from 27°F to 810°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 Upata is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.5 kWh, from 5.8 kWh to 6.3 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Upata are 8.009 deg latitude, -62.399 deg longitude, and 1,191 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Upata contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 719 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,253 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,430 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,533 feet). The area within 2 miles of Upata is covered by grassland (43%), trees (25%), shrubs (18%), and cropland (10%), within 10 miles by trees (43%) and grassland (36%), and within 50 miles by trees (43%) and grassland (31%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Upata, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Upata is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Upata, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . All 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. 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 . 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