July Weather in Nongoma South Africa

Daily high temperatures are around 74°F, rarely falling below 67°F or exceeding 82°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 73°F on July 11.

Daily low temperatures are around 50°F, rarely falling below 43°F or exceeding 56°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 49°F on July 5.

For reference, on January 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Nongoma typically range from 68°F to 86°F, while on July 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from 49°F to 74°F.

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

Cambuí, Brazil (4,793 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Nongoma (view comparison).

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The month of July in Nongoma experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 13% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 12% on July 22.

The clearest day of the month is July 22, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 88% of the time.

For reference, on November 14, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 41%, while on July 22, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 88%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Nongoma, the chance of a wet day over the course of July is gradually increasing, starting the month at 6% and ending it at 9%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 52% on December 14, and its lowest chance is 5% on June 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 July in Nongoma is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.3 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.0 inches.

Over the course of July in Nongoma, 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 48 seconds, and weekly increase of 5 minutes, 37 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is July 1, with 10 hours, 24 minutes of daylight and the longest day is July 31, with 10 hours, 48 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Nongoma is 6:45 AM on July 2 and the earliest sunrise is 10 minutes earlier at 6:35 AM on July 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:09 PM on July 1 and the latest sunset is 15 minutes later at 5:24 PM on July 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Nongoma during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:54 AM and sets 13 hours, 55 minutes later, at 6:49 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:43 AM and sets 10 hours, 22 minutes later, at 5:06 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 July 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 Nongoma is essentially constant during July, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 76% of the time, while on July 16, 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 Nongoma is essentially constant during July, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 8.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on September 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.5 miles per hour, while on April 26, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.6 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Nongoma during July is predominantly out of the west from July 1 to July 7, the south from July 7 to July 15, and the north from July 15 to July 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 Nongoma 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 Nongoma are increasing during July, increasing by 339°F, from 0°F to 340°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 Nongoma is gradually increasing during July, rising by 0.5 kWh, from 3.7 kWh to 4.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Nongoma are -27.910 deg latitude, 31.648 deg longitude, and 2,605 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Nongoma contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,335 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,260 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,087 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,436 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Nongoma is covered by grassland (48%), cropland (21%), and shrubs (18%), within 10 miles by cropland (38%) and grassland (37%), and within 50 miles by grassland (38%) and cropland (25%).