January Weather in Santa Maria da Vitória Brazil

Daily high temperatures are around 87°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 96°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 87°F on January 10.

Daily low temperatures are around 70°F, rarely falling below 66°F or exceeding 73°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 70°F on January 7.

For reference, on September 28, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Santa Maria da Vitória typically range from 71°F to 97°F, while on July 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from 64°F to 90°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.

Suchitoto, El Salvador (3,606 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Santa Maria da Vitória (view comparison).

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The month of January in Santa Maria da Vitória experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 76% to 71%.

The clearest day of the month is January 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 29% of the time.

For reference, on November 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on July 31, 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 Santa Maria da Vitória, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is decreasing, starting the month at 47% and ending it at 43%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 57% on December 4, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 24.

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 Santa Maria da Vitória is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 5.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.7 inches or falls below 1.9 inches, and ending the month at 4.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.0 inches or falls below 0.7 inches.

Over the course of January in Santa Maria da Vitória, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is January 31, with 12 hours, 42 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 1, with 12 hours, 54 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Santa Maria da Vitória is 5:33 AM on January 1 and the latest sunrise is 16 minutes later at 5:49 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:27 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 4 minutes later at 6:31 PM on January 23.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Santa Maria da Vitória during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:27 AM and sets 12 hours, 55 minutes later, at 6:22 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:18 AM and sets 11 hours, 20 minutes later, at 5:38 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 Santa Maria da Vitória is gradually decreasing during January, falling from 78% to 76% over the course of the month.

The highest chance of a muggy day during January is 82% on January 11.

For reference, on January 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 82% of the time, while on July 18, 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 Santa Maria da Vitória is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 5.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on August 28, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.5 miles per hour, while on January 12, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.5 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during January is 5.5 miles per hour on January 12.

The hourly average wind direction in Santa Maria da Vitória throughout January is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 47% on January 31.

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 Santa Maria da Vitória 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 Santa Maria da Vitória are rapidly increasing during January, increasing by 821°F, from 5,202°F to 6,023°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 Santa Maria da Vitória is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 6.3 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Santa Maria da Vitória are -13.388 deg latitude, -44.199 deg longitude, and 1,522 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Santa Maria da Vitória contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 584 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,520 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (994 feet). Within 50 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,391 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Santa Maria da Vitória is covered by grassland (31%), trees (28%), shrubs (25%), and cropland (16%), within 10 miles by trees (45%) and grassland (23%), and within 50 miles by trees (38%) and shrubs (29%).