Winter Weather in Gēdo Ethiopia

Daily high temperatures increase by 6°F, from 70°F to 76°F, rarely falling below 67°F or exceeding 81°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 6°F, from 50°F to 55°F, rarely falling below 43°F or exceeding 59°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 49°F on December 21.

For reference, on March 11, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gēdo typically range from 56°F to 77°F, while on December 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from 49°F to 71°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter temperatures. 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.

Chivor, Colombia (7,585 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Gēdo (view comparison).

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The winter in Gēdo experiences rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 45% to 60%.

The clearest day of the winter is December 11, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 55% of the time.

For reference, on July 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on November 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 57%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gēdo, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 5% and ending it at 13%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 95% on July 31, and its lowest chance is 3% on December 28.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the winter in Gēdo is increasing, starting the season at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 0.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.9 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.2 inches on December 16.

Over the course of the winter in Gēdo, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 19 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 13 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 minute, 28 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 11 hours, 36 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 57 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in Gēdo is 6:30 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 21 minutes later at 6:51 AM on January 28.

The earliest sunset is 6:08 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 33 minutes later at 6:41 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Gēdo during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:12 AM and sets 12 hours, 39 minutes later, at 6:51 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:40 AM and sets 11 hours, 36 minutes later, at 6:16 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 the winter of 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 Gēdo is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on June 8, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on March 7, 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 Gēdo is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 4.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 3, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.1 miles per hour, while on June 9, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.6 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 4.7 miles per hour on January 16.

The hourly average wind direction in Gēdo throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 76% on December 1.

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 Gēdo 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 Gēdo are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 3,209°F, from 4,014°F to 805°F, over the course of the season.

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 Gēdo is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 6.5 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 6.3 kWh on January 6.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gēdo are 9.017 deg latitude, 37.450 deg longitude, and 8,202 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gēdo contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,343 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 7,987 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (4,416 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (7,474 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gēdo is covered by cropland (100%), within 10 miles by cropland (100%), and within 50 miles by cropland (75%) and grassland (19%).