October Weather in Zastron South Africa

Daily high temperatures increase by 3°F, from 72°F to 75°F, rarely falling below 61°F or exceeding 85°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 6°F, from 41°F to 47°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 54°F.

For reference, on December 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Zastron typically range from 53°F to 82°F, while on June 28, the coldest day of the year, they range from 25°F to 57°F.

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

Cuauhtémoc, Mexico (9,690 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Zastron (view comparison).

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The month of October in Zastron experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 31% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 33% on October 21.

The clearest day of the month is October 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 71% of the time.

For reference, on October 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 33%, while on July 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 85%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Zastron, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 15% and ending it at 25%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 36% on January 31, and its lowest chance is 3% on July 8.

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 October in Zastron is increasing, starting the month at 1.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches or falls below 0.4 inches.

Over the course of October in Zastron, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 53 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 46 seconds, and weekly increase of 12 minutes, 21 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is October 1, with 12 hours, 24 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 31, with 13 hours, 17 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Zastron is 5:49 AM on October 1 and the earliest sunrise is 32 minutes earlier at 5:17 AM on October 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:13 PM on October 1 and the latest sunset is 21 minutes later at 6:33 PM on October 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Zastron during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:06 AM and sets 14 hours, 6 minutes later, at 7:13 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:07 AM and sets 10 hours, 11 minutes later, at 5:19 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 October 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 Zastron is essentially constant during October, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on February 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on May 3, 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 Zastron is essentially constant during October, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 9.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on September 12, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.8 miles per hour, while on March 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.1 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Zastron during October is predominantly out of the west from October 1 to October 13 and from October 24 to October 31 and the north from October 13 to October 24.

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).

The growing season in Zastron typically lasts for 6.6 months (201 days), from around October 4 to around April 23, rarely starting before September 14 or after October 30, and rarely ending before April 6 or after May 10.

The month of October in Zastron is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly increasing from 43% to 91% over the course of the month.

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 Zastron are increasing during October, increasing by 324°F, from 412°F to 735°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 Zastron is gradually increasing during October, rising by 0.9 kWh, from 6.6 kWh to 7.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Zastron are -30.302 deg latitude, 27.084 deg longitude, and 5,472 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Zastron contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,900 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 5,646 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,365 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,427 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Zastron is covered by grassland (83%) and artificial surfaces (14%), within 10 miles by grassland (77%) and cropland (20%), and within 50 miles by grassland (66%) and cropland (18%).