February Weather in Mwaya Tanzania

Daily high temperatures are around 88°F, rarely falling below 84°F or exceeding 93°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 75°F, rarely falling below 72°F or exceeding 77°F.

For reference, on November 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Mwaya typically range from 75°F to 94°F, while on June 27, the coldest day of the year, they range from 59°F to 81°F.

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

Corralillos, Mexico (9,134 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Mwaya (view comparison).

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The month of February in Mwaya experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 90% to 83%.

The clearest day of the month is February 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 17% of the time.

For reference, on January 26, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 91%, while on July 13, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 84%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Mwaya, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 68% and ending it at 62%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 69% on January 29, and its lowest chance is 1% on September 4.

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 February in Mwaya is decreasing, starting the month at 7.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.6 inches or falls below 3.8 inches, and ending the month at 6.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.8 inches or falls below 3.2 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 6.8 inches on February 29.

Over the course of February in Mwaya, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is February 29, with 12 hours, 17 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 1, with 12 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Mwaya is 6:42 AM on February 1 and the latest sunrise is 6 minutes later at 6:47 AM on February 29.

The latest sunset is 7:13 PM on February 1 and the earliest sunset is 8 minutes earlier at 7:05 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Mwaya during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:21 AM and sets 12 hours, 41 minutes later, at 7:03 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:58 AM and sets 11 hours, 34 minutes later, at 6:32 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 February 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 Mwaya is essentially constant during February, remaining within 1% of 58% throughout.

For reference, on March 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 60% of the time, while on July 15, 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 Mwaya is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 3.7 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on October 4, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.9 miles per hour, while on February 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.6 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during February is 3.6 miles per hour on February 15.

The wind direction in Mwaya during February is predominantly out of the west from February 1 to February 14 and the south from February 14 to February 29.

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 Mwaya 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 Mwaya are rapidly increasing during February, increasing by 842°F, from 6,116°F to 6,959°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 Mwaya is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 5.0 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Mwaya are -9.550 deg latitude, 33.950 deg longitude, and 1,572 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Mwaya is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 62 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,576 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (3,871 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,169 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Mwaya is covered by cropland (38%), water (36%), and herbaceous vegetation (17%), within 10 miles by cropland (38%) and water (32%), and within 50 miles by cropland (25%) and trees (23%).