Fall Weather in Korem Ethiopia

Daily high temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 72°F to 68°F, rarely falling below 65°F or exceeding 76°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 11°F, from 56°F to 45°F, rarely falling below 40°F or exceeding 58°F.

For reference, on June 11, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Korem typically range from 58°F to 78°F, while on December 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 44°F to 67°F.

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

San Francisco Zacapexpan, Mexico (8,771 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Korem (view comparison).

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The fall in Korem experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 69% to 26%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 24% on November 19.

The clearest day of the fall is November 19, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 76% of the time.

For reference, on July 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 81%, while on November 19, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 76%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Korem, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 50% and ending it at 2%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 78% on August 2, and its lowest chance is 2% on November 18.

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 fall in Korem is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 4.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.0 inches or falls below 1.1 inches, and ending the season at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.7 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.2 inches on November 21.

Over the course of the fall in Korem, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 54 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 36 seconds, and weekly decrease of 4 minutes, 13 seconds.

The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 11 hours, 27 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 12 hours, 21 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the fall in Korem is 6:11 AM on September 25 and the latest sunrise is 16 minutes later at 6:27 AM on November 30.

The latest sunset is 6:32 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 39 minutes earlier at 5:52 PM on November 18.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Korem during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:57 AM and sets 12 hours, 52 minutes later, at 6:49 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:38 AM and sets 11 hours, 24 minutes later, at 6:01 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 fall 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 Korem is essentially constant during the fall, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 10, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 Korem is rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing from 4.7 miles per hour to 7.9 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on March 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.0 miles per hour, while on September 5, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the fall is 8.0 miles per hour on November 27. The lowest daily average wind speed during the fall is 4.7 miles per hour on September 5.

The hourly average wind direction in Korem throughout the fall is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 85% on October 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 Korem 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 Korem are rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing by 895°F, from 3,137°F to 4,032°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 Korem is essentially constant during the fall, remaining within 0.5 kWh of 6.4 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the fall is 6.9 kWh on October 22.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Korem are 12.506 deg latitude, 39.523 deg longitude, and 8,159 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Korem contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,989 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 7,990 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,562 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (12,861 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Korem is covered by cropland (69%) and trees (31%), within 10 miles by cropland (68%) and shrubs (23%), and within 50 miles by cropland (48%) and shrubs (39%).