Summer Weather at Entebbe Airport Uganda

Daily high temperatures are around 77°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 81°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 77°F on July 10.

Daily low temperatures are around 67°F, rarely falling below 64°F or exceeding 70°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 66°F on August 23.

For reference, on February 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Entebbe Airport typically range from 68°F to 80°F, while on August 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 66°F to 77°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.

Piedecuesta, Colombia (7,288 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Entebbe Airport (view comparison).

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The summer at Entebbe Airport experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 65% to 46%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 45% on August 26.

The clearest day of the summer is August 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 55% of the time.

For reference, on April 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 85%, while on August 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 55%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Entebbe Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 45% and ending it at 58%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 85% on April 11, and its lowest chance is 30% on July 2.

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 Entebbe Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 2.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 7.0 inches or falling below 0.4 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.7 inches on July 9.

Over the course of the summer at Entebbe Airport, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 7 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 18, with 12 hours, 8 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer at Entebbe Airport is 6:44 AM on June 1 and the latest sunrise is 9 minutes later at 6:53 AM on July 26.

The earliest sunset is 6:51 PM on June 1 and the latest sunset is 9 minutes later at 7:00 PM on July 24.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Entebbe Airport during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:48 AM and sets 12 hours, 8 minutes later, at 6:55 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:44 AM and sets 12 hours, 7 minutes later, at 6:52 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 Entebbe Airport is very rapidly decreasing during the summer, falling from 82% to 58% over the course of the season.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 45% on July 18.

For reference, on May 3, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 93% of the time, while on July 18, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 45% 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 Entebbe Airport is decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 7.8 miles per hour to 6.0 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on June 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.2 miles per hour, while on November 7, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.0 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the summer is 8.2 miles per hour on June 30.

The hourly average wind direction at Entebbe Airport throughout the summer is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 78% on July 1.

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 Entebbe 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 Entebbe Airport are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 1,944°F, from 3,539°F to 5,483°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 Entebbe Airport is gradually increasing during the summer, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 5.4 kWh to 5.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 6.0 kWh on August 26.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Entebbe Airport are 0.042 deg latitude, 32.444 deg longitude, and 3,806 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Entebbe Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 220 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,753 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (577 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,155 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Entebbe Airport is covered by water (37%), artificial surfaces (27%), herbaceous vegetation (23%), and cropland (14%), within 10 miles by water (57%) and cropland (14%), and within 50 miles by water (45%) and cropland (27%).