Winter Weather at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport Algeria

Daily high temperatures are around 55°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 68°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 53°F on January 11.

Daily low temperatures are around 38°F, rarely falling below 30°F or exceeding 47°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 36°F on January 20.

For reference, on July 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport typically range from 66°F to 93°F, while on January 20, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 53°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.

Lake of the Pines, United States (6,265 miles away) and Green Valley, United States (6,402 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport (view comparison).

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The winter at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 46% throughout the season. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 48% on January 3.

The clearest day of the winter is February 17, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 57% of the time.

For reference, on January 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 48%, while on July 23, 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 Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is gradually increasing, starting the season at 22% and ending it at 26%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 27% on February 7, and its lowest chance is 5% on July 17.

Over the course of the winter at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 22% to 25%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

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 at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 2.3 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 5.5 inches or falling below 0.4 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.6 inches on December 29.

Over the course of the winter at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 30 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 1 second, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 6 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 9 hours, 41 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 22 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is 7:45 AM on January 6 and the earliest sunrise is 40 minutes earlier at 7:05 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:18 PM on December 5 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 9 minutes later at 6:27 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:16 AM and sets 14 hours, 38 minutes later, at 7:54 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:41 AM and sets 9 hours, 41 minutes later, at 5:22 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 at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 5% 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 Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 8.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on December 27, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.8 miles per hour, while on September 16, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 8.8 miles per hour on December 27.

The hourly average wind direction at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport throughout the winter is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 45% on December 4.

Mohamed Boudiaf 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 Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is decreasing during the winter, falling by 6°F, from 64°F to 59°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 59°F on February 24.

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).

The growing season at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport typically lasts for 9.1 months (277 days), from around March 11 to around December 13, rarely starting before February 13 or after April 6, and rarely ending before November 20 or after January 3.

The winter at Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of 0% on January 16.

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 Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,191°F, from 4,266°F to 75°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 Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 2.6 kWh to 4.1 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.4 kWh on December 20.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport are 36.276 deg latitude, 6.620 deg longitude, and 2,297 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 630 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,279 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (3,143 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,679 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is covered by cropland (85%), within 10 miles by cropland (75%), and within 50 miles by cropland (66%) and trees (10%).