Spring Weather in Hawassa EthiopiaDaily high temperatures decrease by 9°F, from 87°F to 78°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 92°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 87°F on March 6. Daily low temperatures are around 60°F, rarely falling below 55°F or exceeding 64°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 61°F on April 13. For reference, on March 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Hawassa typically range from 59°F to 87°F, while on December 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from 54°F to 81°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. Cieneguilla, Mexico (9,020 miles away); Las Sabanas, Nicaragua (8,424 miles); and Wao, Philippines (5,901 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Hawassa (view comparison). CloudsThe spring in Hawassa experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 71% throughout the season. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80% on April 18. 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 18, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80%, while on December 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 47%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Hawassa, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 24% and ending it at 48%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 67% on August 13, and its lowest chance is 6% on December 28. RainfallTo 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 Hawassa is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.8 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the season at 4.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.9 inches or falls below 1.0 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 7.1 inches on April 25. SunOver the course of the spring in Hawassa, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 31 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 20 seconds, and weekly increase of 2 minutes, 23 seconds. The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 30 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the spring in Hawassa is 6:38 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 30 minutes earlier at 6:08 AM on May 26. The earliest sunset is 6:34 PM on April 23 and the latest sunset is 5 minutes later at 6:39 PM on May 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Hawassa during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:11 AM and sets 12 hours, 32 minutes later, at 6:43 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:32 AM and sets 11 hours, 43 minutes later, at 6:15 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. MoonThe 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. HumidityWe 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 Hawassa is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout. WindThis 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 Hawassa is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 5.7 miles per hour to 4.1 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on July 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour, while on September 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.8 miles per hour. The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 5.7 miles per hour on March 4. The lowest daily average wind speed during the spring is 3.8 miles per hour on May 18. The wind direction in Hawassa during the spring is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to May 9 and the south from May 9 to May 31. Growing SeasonDefinitions 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 Hawassa 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 Hawassa are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,843°F, from 1,183°F to 3,026°F, over the course of the season. Solar EnergyThis 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 Hawassa is decreasing during the spring, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 7.2 kWh to 5.9 kWh, over the course of the season. The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 7.2 kWh on March 1. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Hawassa are 7.062 deg latitude, 38.476 deg longitude, and 5,568 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Hawassa contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 453 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 5,574 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,103 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (9,344 feet). The area within 2 miles of Hawassa is covered by cropland (75%) and water (25%), within 10 miles by cropland (70%) and water (12%), and within 50 miles by cropland (64%) and grassland (15%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Hawassa, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Hawassa is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Hawassa, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus. 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