Winter Weather in Mēga Ethiopia

Daily high temperatures increase by 6°F, from 76°F to 81°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 85°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 82°F on February 15.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 59°F to 63°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 66°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 63°F on February 26.

For reference, on February 14, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Mēga typically range from 63°F to 82°F, while on July 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from 56°F to 68°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.

Salitrillos, Costa Rica (8,366 miles away) and Pimampiro, Ecuador (8,033 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Mēga (view comparison).

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The winter in Mēga experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 53% to 59%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 52% on December 5.

The clearest day of the winter is December 5, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 48% of the time.

For reference, on April 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 72%, while on September 12, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 65%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Mēga, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 15% and ending it at 12%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 55% on April 19, and its lowest chance is 3% on July 13.

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 Mēga is essentially constant, remaining about 0.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.3 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.3 inches on January 5.

Over the course of the winter in Mēga, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the winter is December 20, with 11 hours, 53 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 12 hours, 2 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in Mēga is 6:18 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 23 minutes later at 6:41 AM on February 4.

The earliest sunset is 6:13 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 28 minutes later at 6:40 PM on February 20.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Mēga during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:17 AM and sets 12 hours, 21 minutes later, at 6:39 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:28 AM and sets 11 hours, 53 minutes later, at 6:21 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 Mēga is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 1% of 1% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 1% on January 11.

For reference, on April 15, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 6% of the time, while on June 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 Mēga is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 11.6 miles per hour to 12.5 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on August 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.4 miles per hour, while on April 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Mēga throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 99% on December 16.

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 Mēga 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 Mēga are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,068°F, from 5,288°F to 1,220°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 Mēga is gradually increasing during the winter, rising by 0.8 kWh, from 6.6 kWh to 7.4 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Mēga are 4.050 deg latitude, 38.300 deg longitude, and 5,968 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Mēga contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,191 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 5,770 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,980 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,122 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Mēga is covered by shrubs (67%) and cropland (32%), within 10 miles by grassland (44%) and shrubs (25%), and within 50 miles by grassland (64%) and shrubs (22%).