Spring Weather in Lukuledi Tanzania

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 90°F to 94°F, rarely falling below 86°F or exceeding 100°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 96°F on November 5.

Daily low temperatures increase by 8°F, from 65°F to 72°F, rarely falling below 62°F or exceeding 74°F.

For reference, on November 5, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Lukuledi typically range from 71°F to 96°F, while on July 10, the coldest day of the year, they range from 61°F to 83°F.

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

Tuxtla, Mexico (9,198 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Lukuledi (view comparison).

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The spring in Lukuledi experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 16% to 54%.

The clearest day of the spring is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 84% of the time.

For reference, on February 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 85%, while on August 29, 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 Lukuledi, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 3% and ending it at 34%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 68% on March 13, and its lowest chance is 3% on September 11.

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 spring in Lukuledi is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.6 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 3.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.9 inches or falls below 0.7 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.2 inches on September 5.

Over the course of the spring in Lukuledi, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 47 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 31 seconds, and weekly increase of 3 minutes, 39 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is September 1, with 11 hours, 55 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 30, with 12 hours, 42 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Lukuledi is 6:27 AM on September 1 and the earliest sunrise is 36 minutes earlier at 5:51 AM on November 18.

The earliest sunset is 6:20 PM on October 7 and the latest sunset is 14 minutes later at 6:34 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Lukuledi during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:00 AM and sets 12 hours, 45 minutes later, at 6:45 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:41 AM and sets 11 hours, 30 minutes later, at 6:11 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 spring 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 Lukuledi is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising from 3% to 71% over the course of the season.

For reference, on March 15, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on July 17, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% 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 Lukuledi is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.7 miles per hour of 10.1 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on October 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.9 miles per hour, while on March 20, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 10.9 miles per hour on October 25.

The hourly average wind direction in Lukuledi throughout the spring is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 92% on October 6.

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 Lukuledi 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 Lukuledi are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 2,546°F, from 1,436°F to 3,982°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 Lukuledi is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.4 kWh of 7.1 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 7.5 kWh on October 28.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lukuledi are -10.567 deg latitude, 38.800 deg longitude, and 1,112 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lukuledi contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 246 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,076 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,169 feet). Within 50 miles also contains large variations in elevation (2,858 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lukuledi is covered by cropland (54%), shrubs (28%), and grassland (12%), within 10 miles by cropland (47%) and shrubs (34%), and within 50 miles by trees (43%) and cropland (30%).