Spring Weather at Gibraltar International Airport Gibraltar

Daily high temperatures increase by 12°F, from 62°F to 74°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 80°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 10°F, from 54°F to 63°F, rarely falling below 49°F or exceeding 66°F.

For reference, on August 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Gibraltar International Airport typically range from 70°F to 82°F, while on January 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from 52°F to 61°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.

Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (5,604 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Gibraltar International Airport (view comparison).

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The spring at Gibraltar International Airport experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 37% to 29%.

The clearest day of the spring is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 71% of the time.

For reference, on October 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46%, while on July 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 94%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Gibraltar International Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 23% and ending it at 6%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 26% on November 20, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 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 spring at Gibraltar International Airport is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 2.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.5 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the season at 0.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.2 inches.

Over the course of the spring at Gibraltar International Airport, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 3 hours, 2 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 0 seconds, and weekly increase of 13 minutes, 58 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 25 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 14 hours, 27 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring at Gibraltar International Airport is 8:08 AM on March 31 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 3 minutes earlier at 7:05 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 7:16 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 16 minutes later at 9:32 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 3:00 AM on March 31, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 7:04 AM and sets 14 hours, 37 minutes later, at 9:41 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:28 AM and sets 9 hours, 42 minutes later, at 6:10 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 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.

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 Gibraltar International Airport is gradually increasing during the spring, rising from 0% to 4% over the course of the season.

For reference, on August 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 56% 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 at Gibraltar International Airport is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 11.8 miles per hour to 10.0 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on February 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.9 miles per hour, while on August 12, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.0 miles per hour.

The wind direction at Gibraltar International Airport during the spring is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to March 26 and the west from March 26 to May 31.

Gibraltar International Airport 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 at Gibraltar International Airport is increasing during the spring, rising by 5°F, from 60°F to 65°F, over the course of the season.

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 at Gibraltar International Airport 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 at Gibraltar International Airport are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,117°F, from 410°F to 1,526°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 Gibraltar International Airport is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 3.3 kWh, from 4.4 kWh to 7.7 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gibraltar International Airport are 36.151 deg latitude, -5.350 deg longitude, and 7 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gibraltar International Airport contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,332 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 50 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,185 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,266 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gibraltar International Airport is covered by water (62%) and artificial surfaces (27%), within 10 miles by water (63%) and shrubs (13%), and within 50 miles by water (51%) and cropland (17%).