Winter Weather in Kaala-Gomén New Caledonia

Daily high temperatures are around 76°F, rarely falling below 72°F or exceeding 81°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 75°F on July 30.

Daily low temperatures are around 64°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 70°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 62°F on August 5.

For reference, on February 5, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kaala-Gomén typically range from 74°F to 86°F, while on August 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 62°F to 75°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.

Mahanoro, Madagascar (7,268 miles away) and Saint-André, Réunion (6,840 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kaala-Gomén (view comparison).

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The winter in Kaala-Gomén experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 42% to 23%.

The clearest day of the winter is August 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 77% of the time.

For reference, on February 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 63%, while on September 11, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 79%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kaala-Gomén, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 22% and ending it at 10%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 42% on February 28, and its lowest chance is 10% on August 30.

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 Kaala-Gomén is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 2.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.7 inches or falls below 0.5 inches, and ending the season at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.1 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Kaala-Gomén, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 44 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 29 seconds, and weekly increase of 3 minutes, 22 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is June 21, with 10 hours, 53 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 31, with 11 hours, 41 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Kaala-Gomén is 6:39 AM on July 5 and the earliest sunrise is 27 minutes earlier at 6:12 AM on August 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:28 PM on June 6 and the latest sunset is 25 minutes later at 5:53 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Kaala-Gomén during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:18 AM and sets 13 hours, 23 minutes later, at 6:42 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:37 AM and sets 10 hours, 53 minutes later, at 5:30 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 Kaala-Gomén is very rapidly decreasing during the winter, falling from 38% to 13% over the course of the season.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 9% on August 2.

For reference, on February 18, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on August 2, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 9% 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 Kaala-Gomén is gradually decreasing during the winter, decreasing from 12.7 miles per hour to 11.8 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on March 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.8 miles per hour, while on December 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Kaala-Gomén throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 59% on June 1.

Kaala-Gomén 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 Kaala-Gomén is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling by 3°F, from 77°F to 74°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 74°F on August 21.

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 Kaala-Gomén 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 Kaala-Gomén are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 7,088°F, from 8,201°F to 1,112°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 Kaala-Gomén is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 4.0 kWh to 5.7 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 3.9 kWh on June 13.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kaala-Gomén are -20.667 deg latitude, 164.400 deg longitude, and 39 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kaala-Gomén contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,929 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 159 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,514 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (5,341 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kaala-Gomén is covered by trees (66%), shrubs (14%), and grassland (11%), within 10 miles by water (48%) and trees (34%), and within 50 miles by water (82%) and trees (13%).