Spring Weather in Hāgere Selam Ethiopia

Daily high temperatures decrease by 9°F, from 73°F to 65°F, rarely falling below 61°F or exceeding 78°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 73°F on March 2.

Daily low temperatures are around 48°F, rarely falling below 43°F or exceeding 51°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 49°F on May 1.

For reference, on March 2, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Hāgere Selam typically range from 47°F to 73°F, while on December 24, the coldest day of the year, they range from 43°F to 68°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.

Bogotá, Colombia (7,734 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Hāgere Selam (view comparison).

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The spring in Hāgere Selam experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 63% to 73%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83% on April 28.

The clearest day of the spring is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 37% of the time.

For reference, on April 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83%, while on December 12, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 46%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Hāgere Selam, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 18% and ending it at 48%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 68% on April 30, and its lowest chance is 7% on January 15.

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 Hāgere Selam is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.9 inches, and ending the season at 4.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.2 inches or falls below 1.2 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 7.2 inches on April 28.

Over the course of the spring in Hāgere Selam, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 28 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 19 seconds, and weekly increase of 2 minutes, 11 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 12 hours, 0 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 28 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Hāgere Selam is 6:38 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 29 minutes earlier at 6:09 AM on May 25.

The latest sunset is 6:38 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 5 minutes earlier at 6:33 PM on April 26.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Hāgere Selam during 2025.

For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:12 AM and sets 12 hours, 30 minutes later, at 6:42 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:31 AM and sets 11 hours, 45 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 spring of 2025. 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 Hāgere Selam is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

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 Hāgere Selam is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 4.6 miles per hour to 3.1 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on March 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.7 miles per hour, while on May 21, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.0 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 4.7 miles per hour on March 7. The lowest daily average wind speed during the spring is 3.0 miles per hour on May 21.

The wind direction in Hāgere Selam during the spring is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to May 5 and the south from May 5 to May 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 Hāgere Selam 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 Hāgere Selam are rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 695°F, from 495°F to 1,191°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 Hāgere Selam is rapidly decreasing during the spring, falling by 1.6 kWh, from 7.2 kWh to 5.6 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 7.2 kWh on March 2.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Hāgere Selam are 6.483 deg latitude, 38.517 deg longitude, and 9,009 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Hāgere Selam contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 781 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 8,983 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (3,724 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,317 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Hāgere Selam is covered by cropland (71%) and grassland (29%), within 10 miles by cropland (64%) and grassland (36%), and within 50 miles by cropland (57%) and shrubs (16%).