Winter Weather in Colonia Emiliano Zapata Mexico

Daily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 75°F or exceeding 89°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 80°F on January 9.

Daily low temperatures are around 72°F, rarely falling below 66°F or exceeding 77°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 71°F on January 25.

For reference, on July 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Colonia Emiliano Zapata typically range from 79°F to 91°F, while on January 24, the coldest day of the year, they range from 71°F to 81°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.

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The winter in Colonia Emiliano Zapata experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 36% to 25%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 24% on February 20.

The clearest day of the winter is February 20, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 76% of the time.

For reference, on September 12, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 85%, while on February 20, 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 Colonia Emiliano Zapata, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 28% and ending it at 18%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 70% on September 18, and its lowest chance is 12% on March 27.

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 Colonia Emiliano Zapata is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 3.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.2 inches or falls below 0.4 inches, and ending the season at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.9 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Colonia Emiliano Zapata, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 41 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 28 seconds, and weekly increase of 3 minutes, 13 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 20, with 11 hours, 1 minute of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 46 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in Colonia Emiliano Zapata is 6:25 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 19 minutes later at 6:44 AM on January 18.

The earliest sunset is 5:31 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 44 minutes later at 6:14 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Colonia Emiliano Zapata during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:33 AM and sets 13 hours, 15 minutes later, at 6:48 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:37 AM and sets 11 hours, 1 minute later, at 5:37 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 Colonia Emiliano Zapata is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling from 92% to 87% over the course of the season.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 81% on January 15.

For reference, on June 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 14, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 81% 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 Colonia Emiliano Zapata is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 11.1 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 12, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.5 miles per hour, while on September 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.4 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 11.2 miles per hour on February 26.

The wind direction in Colonia Emiliano Zapata during the winter is predominantly out of the east from December 1 to February 11 and the north from February 11 to February 28.

Colonia Emiliano Zapata is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Colonia Emiliano Zapata is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling by 2°F, from 79°F to 77°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 76°F on January 30.

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 Colonia Emiliano Zapata 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 Colonia Emiliano Zapata are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 8,704°F, from 10,195°F to 1,491°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 Colonia Emiliano Zapata is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.4 kWh, from 4.7 kWh to 6.1 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 4.6 kWh on December 26.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Colonia Emiliano Zapata are 18.665 deg latitude, -92.311 deg longitude, and 10 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Colonia Emiliano Zapata is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 59 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 5 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (125 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (167 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Colonia Emiliano Zapata is covered by cropland (63%) and water (36%), within 10 miles by water (49%) and mangroves (17%), and within 50 miles by water (61%) and herbaceous vegetation (20%).