August Weather in Pontes e Lacerda Brazil

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 92°F to 96°F, rarely falling below 83°F or exceeding 103°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 66°F to 70°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 76°F.

For reference, on September 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Pontes e Lacerda typically range from 72°F to 97°F, while on July 9, the coldest day of the year, they range from 64°F to 89°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on August. 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.

Nueva Libertad, Mexico (3,149 miles away) and Coimbatore, India (9,497 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Pontes e Lacerda (view comparison).

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The month of August in Pontes e Lacerda experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 26% to 30%.

The clearest day of the month is August 16, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 74% of the time.

For reference, on February 7, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 85%, while on July 29, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 75%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Pontes e Lacerda, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 5% and ending it at 15%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 75% on February 12, and its lowest chance is 5% on July 28.

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 August in Pontes e Lacerda is increasing, starting the month at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.4 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 1.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of August in Pontes e Lacerda, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 21 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 43 seconds, and weekly increase of 5 minutes, 0 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 1, with 11 hours, 27 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 31, with 11 hours, 49 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Pontes e Lacerda is 6:20 AM on August 1 and the earliest sunrise is 17 minutes earlier at 6:03 AM on August 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:47 PM on August 1 and the latest sunset is 5 minutes later at 5:51 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Pontes e Lacerda during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:24 AM and sets 13 hours, 2 minutes later, at 6:26 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:22 AM and sets 11 hours, 13 minutes later, at 5:35 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 August 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 Pontes e Lacerda is rapidly increasing during August, rising from 8% to 20% over the course of the month.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during August is 8% on August 2.

For reference, on February 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on August 2, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 8% 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 Pontes e Lacerda is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 5.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on August 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.4 miles per hour, while on March 6, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.6 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Pontes e Lacerda throughout August is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 47% on August 11.

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 Pontes e Lacerda 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 Pontes e Lacerda are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 831°F, from 766°F to 1,597°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 Pontes e Lacerda is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.5 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Pontes e Lacerda are -15.226 deg latitude, -59.335 deg longitude, and 810 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Pontes e Lacerda contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 689 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 852 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,444 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,530 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Pontes e Lacerda is covered by trees (29%), cropland (28%), grassland (24%), and shrubs (19%), within 10 miles by trees (41%) and cropland (37%), and within 50 miles by trees (48%) and cropland (22%).