April Weather in Ménaka Mali

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 103°F to 107°F, rarely falling below 98°F or exceeding 111°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 6°F, from 80°F to 86°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 91°F.

For reference, on May 12, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Ménaka typically range from 88°F to 108°F, while on January 9, the coldest day of the year, they range from 63°F to 85°F.

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

Sur, Oman (3,738 miles away); Māndal, India (4,518 miles); and Tiruchirappalli, India (5,120 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Ménaka (view comparison).

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The month of April in Ménaka experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 38% to 44%.

The clearest day of the month is April 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 62% of the time.

For reference, on August 15, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 58%, while on February 11, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Ménaka, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is essentially constant, remaining around 1% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 54% on August 8, and its lowest chance is 0% on January 17.

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 April in Ménaka is essentially constant, remaining about 0.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.3 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of April in Ménaka, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 24 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 50 seconds, and weekly increase of 5 minutes, 52 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is April 1, with 12 hours, 18 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 30, with 12 hours, 42 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Ménaka is 5:45 AM on April 1 and the earliest sunrise is 19 minutes earlier at 5:26 AM on April 30.

The earliest sunset is 6:03 PM on April 1 and the latest sunset is 6 minutes later at 6:08 PM on April 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Ménaka during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:19 AM and sets 13 hours, 5 minutes later, at 6:24 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:13 AM and sets 11 hours, 11 minutes later, at 5:24 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 April 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 Ménaka is gradually increasing during April, rising from 0% to 3% over the course of the month.

For reference, on August 17, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 82% of the time, while on December 1, 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 Ménaka is decreasing during April, decreasing from 9.5 miles per hour to 8.5 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 14, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.1 miles per hour, while on October 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.1 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Ménaka during April is predominantly out of the east from April 1 to April 24 and the north from April 24 to April 30.

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 Ménaka 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 Ménaka are very rapidly increasing during April, increasing by 1,019°F, from 2,570°F to 3,589°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 Ménaka is essentially constant during April, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 7.1 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during April is 7.1 kWh on April 12.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ménaka are 15.918 deg latitude, 2.402 deg longitude, and 906 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ménaka contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 144 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 922 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (325 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (623 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ménaka is covered by bare soil (50%) and grassland (37%), within 10 miles by bare soil (68%) and grassland (23%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (72%) and grassland (22%).