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Spring Weather at Mombasa Airport Kenya

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 82°F to 88°F, rarely falling below 80°F or exceeding 90°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 5°F, from 71°F to 76°F, rarely falling below 69°F or exceeding 78°F.

For reference, on March 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Mombasa Airport typically range from 77°F to 91°F, while on July 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 70°F to 82°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°F90°F90°F95°F95°FWinterSummerSep 182°FSep 182°F71°F71°FNov 3088°FNov 3088°F76°F76°FOct 184°FOct 184°F73°F73°FNov 186°FNov 186°F75°F75°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 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.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov12 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 AMWinterSummercomfortablecomfortablewarmhot
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.

Bayamón, Puerto Rico (7,346 miles away); Estância, Brazil (5,292 miles); and Pedras de Fogo, Brazil (5,142 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Mombasa Airport (view comparison).

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The spring at Mombasa Airport experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 28% to 52%.

The clearest day of the spring is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 72% of the time.

For reference, on March 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70%, while on August 31, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 72%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerSep 172%Sep 172%Nov 3048%Nov 3048%Oct 159%Oct 159%Nov 151%Nov 151%clearmostly clearpartly cloudyovercastmostly 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 Mombasa Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 7% and ending it at 38%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 53% on May 8, and its lowest chance is 6% on September 10.

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%WinterSummerNov 2140%Nov 2140%Sep 106%Sep 106%Oct 112%Oct 112%Nov 127%Nov 127%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 spring at Mombasa Airport is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.5 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 2.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.5 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.6 inches on November 18. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.5 inches on September 4.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov0 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 inWinterSummerNov 182.6 inNov 182.6 inSep 40.5 inSep 40.5 inOct 11.1 inOct 11.1 inNov 12.3 inNov 12.3 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 spring at Mombasa Airport, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 18 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 12 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 minute, 25 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is September 1, with 12 hours, 2 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 30, with 12 hours, 20 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrWinterSummerSep 2212 hr, 6 minSep 2212 hr, 6 mindaydaydaydaynightSep 112 hr, 2 minSep 112 hr, 2 minNov 3012 hr, 20 minNov 3012 hr, 20 minNov 112 hr, 15 minNov 112 hr, 15 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 latest sunrise of the spring at Mombasa Airport is 6:20 AM on September 1 and the earliest sunrise is 24 minutes earlier at 5:57 AM on November 9.

The latest sunset is 6:22 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 10 minutes earlier at 6:12 PM on October 25.

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

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:09 AM and sets 12 hours, 22 minutes later, at 6:30 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:26 AM and sets 11 hours, 53 minutes later, at 6:19 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMWinterSummer5:57 AM5:57 AMNov 96:13 PMNov 96:13 PM6:20 AM6:20 AMSep 16:22 PMSep 16:22 PM6:00 AM6:00 AMNov 306:20 PMNov 306:20 PM6:06 AM6:06 AMOct 16:15 PMOct 16:15 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the spring. 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 Spring at Mombasa Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov12 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 AMWinterSummer001020203030405050606070800010102030304040506060707080
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the spring 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 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerAug 42:14 PMAug 42:14 PMAug 199:26 PMAug 199:26 PMSep 34:56 AMSep 34:56 AMSep 185:35 AMSep 185:35 AMOct 29:50 PMOct 29:50 PMOct 172:27 PMOct 172:27 PMNov 13:48 PMNov 13:48 PMNov 1612:29 AMNov 1612:29 AMDec 19:22 AMDec 19:22 AMDec 1512:02 PMDec 1512:02 PMDec 311:28 AMDec 311:28 AM6:35 PM6:35 PM6:18 PM6:18 PM6:53 AM6:53 AM6:29 AM6:29 AM6:45 PM6:45 PM5:51 PM5:51 PM6:19 AM6:19 AM5:44 AM5:44 AM6:05 PM6:05 PM6:16 PM6:16 PM6:35 AM6:35 AM6:10 PM6:10 PM5:52 PM5:52 PM6:08 AM6:08 AM5:52 AM5:52 AM5:37 PM5:37 PM5:51 AM5:51 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 Mombasa Airport is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 1% of 99% throughout.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the spring is 100% on November 24.

For reference, on November 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on June 25, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 97% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%WinterSummerNov 24100%Nov 24100%Sep 198%Sep 198%Oct 199%Oct 199%Nov 1100%Nov 1100%miserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumid
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 Mombasa Airport is very rapidly decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 13.6 miles per hour to 8.1 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on July 14, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 15.2 miles per hour, while on November 24, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.0 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the spring is 8.0 miles per hour on November 25.

Average Wind Speed in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Average Wind Speed in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov0 mph0 mph5 mph5 mph10 mph10 mph15 mph15 mphWinterSummerNov 258.0 mphNov 258.0 mphSep 113.6 mphSep 113.6 mphOct 112.0 mphOct 112.0 mphNov 19.2 mphNov 19.2 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 Mombasa Airport during the spring is predominantly out of the south from September 1 to November 3 and the east from November 3 to November 30.

Wind Direction in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Wind Direction in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSESepOctNov0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%WinterSummersoutheastnorth
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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).

Mombasa 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 Mombasa Airport is increasing during the spring, rising by 4°F, from 78°F to 82°F, over the course of the season.

Average Water Temperature in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Average Water Temperature in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov76°F76°F77°F77°F78°F78°F79°F79°F80°F80°F81°F81°F82°F82°F83°F83°F84°F84°FWinterSummerSep 178°FSep 178°FNov 3082°FNov 3082°FOct 179°FOct 179°FNov 181°FNov 181°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 Mombasa 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 Spring at Mombasa Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummer100%Oct 16100%Oct 16comfortablewarmhot
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 Mombasa Airport are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 2,601°F, from 1,600°F to 4,201°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Growing Degree Days in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov2,000°F2,000°F2,500°F2,500°F3,000°F3,000°F3,500°F3,500°F4,000°F4,000°FWinterSummerSep 11,600°FSep 11,600°FNov 304,201°FNov 304,201°FOct 12,417°FOct 12,417°FNov 13,317°FNov 13,317°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the spring, 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 Mombasa Airport is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.4 kWh of 6.9 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 7.2 kWh on October 4.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring at Mombasa Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring at Mombasa AirportSepOctNov0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhWinterSummerOct 47.2 kWhOct 47.2 kWhSep 16.9 kWhSep 16.9 kWhNov 306.5 kWhNov 306.5 kWhNov 16.9 kWhNov 16.9 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 Mombasa Airport are -4.035 deg latitude, 39.594 deg longitude, and 194 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Mombasa Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 253 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 92 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (896 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,713 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Mombasa Airport is covered by water (37%), trees (30%), artificial surfaces (18%), and cropland (11%), within 10 miles by trees (44%) and cropland (26%), and within 50 miles by water (43%) and trees (30%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Mombasa 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

Mombasa 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 Malindi Airport and Voi 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 .

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