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Summer Weather at Gibraltar International Airport Gibraltar

Daily high temperatures increase by 6°F, from 74°F to 80°F, rarely falling below 70°F or exceeding 89°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 82°F on August 5.

Daily low temperatures increase by 6°F, from 63°F to 70°F, rarely falling below 60°F or exceeding 74°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 70°F on August 7.

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.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°F90°F90°FSpringFallAug 482°FAug 482°F70°F70°FJun 174°FJun 174°F63°F63°FAug 3180°FAug 3180°F70°F70°FJul 179°FJul 179°F68°F68°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFallcoolcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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 summer at Gibraltar International Airport experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 28% to 21%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 6% on July 17.

The clearest day of the summer is July 17, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 94% 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%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SpringFallOct 2954%Oct 2954%Jun 172%Jun 172%Aug 3179%Aug 3179%Jul 190%Jul 190%Aug 193%Aug 193%clearovercastmostly clearmostly cloudypartly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

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 summer is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 6% and ending it at 3%.

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.

Probability of Precipitation in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Probability of Precipitation in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug0%0%2%2%4%4%6%6%8%8%10%10%12%12%14%14%16%16%18%18%SpringFallJul 230%Jul 230%Jun 16%Jun 16%Aug 313%Aug 313%Jul 11%Jul 11%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 Gibraltar International Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 0.2 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.0 inches on July 27.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug0.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 in2.5 in2.5 in3.0 in3.0 in3.5 in3.5 inSpringFallJul 270.0 inJul 270.0 inJun 10.4 inJun 10.4 inAug 310.3 inAug 310.3 inJul 10.1 inJul 10.1 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of the summer at Gibraltar International 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, 30 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 0 seconds, and weekly decrease of 6 minutes, 57 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 57 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 21, with 14 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrSpringFallJun 2014 hr, 37 minJun 2014 hr, 37 minnightnightdaydayAug 3112 hr, 57 minAug 3112 hr, 57 minAug 113 hr, 57 minAug 113 hr, 57 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the summer at Gibraltar International Airport is 7:03 AM on June 12 and the latest sunrise is 49 minutes later at 7:52 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 9:42 PM on June 28 and the earliest sunset is 53 minutes earlier at 8:50 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Gibraltar International Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in daylight saving time.

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.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM2 AMSpringFall7:03 AM7:03 AMJun 129:39 PMJun 129:39 PM7:06 AM7:06 AMJun 289:42 PMJun 289:42 PM7:52 AM7:52 AMAug 318:50 PMAug 318:50 PM7:28 AM7:28 AMAug 19:26 PMAug 19:26 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the summer. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFall0010202030304050506060700010102030304040506070
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the summer of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFallMay 85:23 AMMay 85:23 AMMay 233:54 PMMay 233:54 PMJun 62:38 PMJun 62:38 PMJun 223:09 AMJun 223:09 AMJul 612:58 AMJul 612:58 AMJul 2112:18 PMJul 2112:18 PMAug 41:14 PMAug 41:14 PMAug 198:26 PMAug 198:26 PMSep 33:56 AMSep 33:56 AMSep 184:35 AMSep 184:35 AM7:16 AM7:16 AM10:05 PM10:05 PM7:23 AM7:23 AM10:06 PM10:06 PM9:43 PM9:43 PM7:00 AM7:00 AM9:52 PM9:52 PM9:22 PM9:22 PM6:57 AM6:57 AM9:48 PM9:48 PM9:17 PM9:17 PM8:18 AM8:18 AM8:05 AM8:05 AM9:08 PM9:08 PM8:14 PM8:14 PM8:20 AM8:20 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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 very rapidly increasing during the summer, rising from 4% to 55% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 56% on August 24.

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.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%SpringFallAug 2456%Aug 2456%Jun 14%Jun 14%Jul 129%Jul 129%Aug 153%Aug 153%oppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 gradually decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 9.9 miles per hour to 9.4 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 lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 9.0 miles per hour on August 13.

Average Wind Speed in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Average Wind Speed in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphSpringFallAug 139.0 mphAug 139.0 mphJun 19.9 mphJun 19.9 mphAug 319.4 mphAug 319.4 mphJul 19.6 mphJul 19.6 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction at Gibraltar International Airport during the summer is predominantly out of the west from June 1 to June 22 and the east from June 22 to August 31.

Wind Direction in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Wind Direction in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportWEJunJulAug0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%SpringFallwesteastnorth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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 summer, rising by 6°F, from 65°F to 72°F, over the course of the season.

The highest average surface water temperature during the summer is 72°F on August 14.

Average Water Temperature in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Average Water Temperature in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug60°F60°F62°F62°F64°F64°F66°F66°F68°F68°F70°F70°F72°F72°F74°F74°FSpringFallAug 1472°FAug 1472°FJun 165°FJun 165°FAug 3172°FAug 3172°FJul 169°FJul 169°FAug 172°FAug 172°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SpringFall100%Jul 17100%Jul 17coolcomfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 summer, increasing by 2,132°F, from 1,545°F to 3,677°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Growing Degree Days in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug1,500°F1,500°F2,000°F2,000°F2,500°F2,500°F3,000°F3,000°F3,500°F3,500°FSpringFallJun 11,545°FJun 11,545°FAug 313,677°FAug 313,677°FJul 12,167°FJul 12,167°FAug 12,923°FAug 12,923°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the summer, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 7.8 kWh to 6.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 8.2 kWh on July 2.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Summer at Gibraltar International Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Summer at Gibraltar International AirportJunJulAug0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhSpringFallJul 28.2 kWhJul 28.2 kWhJun 17.8 kWhJun 17.8 kWhAug 316.5 kWhAug 316.5 kWhAug 17.6 kWhAug 17.6 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Gibraltar International Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Gibraltar International Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back are Sania Ramel Airport, Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, Jerez Airport, Málaga Airport, Morón Air Base, Naval Station Rota, Seville San Pablo Airport, and Córdoba Airport.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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