Summer Weather at Paso de los Libres Airport Argentina

Daily high temperatures are around 88°F, rarely falling below 77°F or exceeding 97°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 90°F on January 14.

Daily low temperatures are around 68°F, rarely falling below 59°F or exceeding 75°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 70°F on January 20.

For reference, on January 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Paso de los Libres Airport typically range from 70°F to 90°F, while on July 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 49°F to 66°F.

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

Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia (7,399 miles away) and Brisbane, Australia (8,021 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Paso de los Libres Airport (view comparison).

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The summer at Paso de los Libres Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 34% throughout the season. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 36% on February 8.

The clearest day of the summer is December 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 68% of the time.

For reference, on June 14, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46%, while on March 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Paso de los Libres Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 30% and ending it at 37%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 40% on February 11, and its lowest chance is 19% on August 14.

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 summer at Paso de los Libres Airport is increasing, starting the season at 4.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.6 inches or falls below 1.3 inches, and ending the season at 5.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.2 inches or falls below 2.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 4.7 inches on January 3.

Over the course of the summer at Paso de los Libres Airport, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 12 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 48 seconds, and weekly decrease of 5 minutes, 39 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is February 28, with 12 hours, 43 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 21, with 14 hours, 3 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer at Paso de los Libres Airport is 5:40 AM on December 2 and the latest sunrise is 59 minutes later at 6:39 AM on February 28.

The latest sunset is 7:53 PM on January 9 and the earliest sunset is 31 minutes earlier at 7:22 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Paso de los Libres Airport during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:45 AM and sets 14 hours, 3 minutes later, at 7:48 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:43 AM and sets 10 hours, 14 minutes later, at 5:57 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 summer 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 at Paso de los Libres Airport is very rapidly increasing during the summer, rising from 37% to 64% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 67% on February 8.

For reference, on February 8, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 67% of the time, while on August 4, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% 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 at Paso de los Libres Airport is decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 8.5 miles per hour to 7.4 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on October 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.3 miles per hour, while on March 7, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Paso de los Libres Airport throughout the summer is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 48% on January 8.

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).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen at Paso de los Libres Airport over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is July 11, with a 75% chance.

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 at Paso de los Libres Airport are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,401°F, from 2,214°F to 4,615°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 at Paso de los Libres Airport is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.2 kWh, from 7.5 kWh to 6.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 7.5 kWh on December 20.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Paso de los Libres Airport are -29.689 deg latitude, -57.152 deg longitude, and 230 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Paso de los Libres Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 125 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 224 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (194 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (715 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Paso de los Libres Airport is covered by shrubs (35%), grassland (33%), and trees (25%), within 10 miles by shrubs (33%) and trees (31%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (35%) and grassland (26%).