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Spring Weather in Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua

Daily high temperatures are around 86°F, rarely falling below 82°F or exceeding 90°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 88°F on May 3.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 75°F to 79°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 81°F.

For reference, on April 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Puerto Cabezas typically range from 78°F to 88°F, while on January 27, the coldest day of the year, they range from 75°F to 83°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay72°F72°F74°F74°F76°F76°F78°F78°F80°F80°F82°F82°F84°F84°F86°F86°F88°F88°F90°F90°F92°F92°F94°F94°F96°F96°FWinterSummerApr 3088°FApr 3088°F78°F78°FMar 184°FMar 184°F75°F75°FMay 3187°FMay 3187°F79°F79°FApr 186°FApr 186°F77°F77°FNowNow
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 in Puerto Cabezas

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay12 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 AMWinterSummerNowNowwarmhot
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.

Ilihan, Philippines (9,901 miles away) and Thursday Island, Australia (9,364 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Puerto Cabezas (view comparison).

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The spring in Puerto Cabezas experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 32% to 87%.

The clearest day of the spring is March 15, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 69% of the time.

For reference, on June 13, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 89%, while on January 13, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 75%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerMar 168%Mar 168%May 3113%May 3113%Apr 160%Apr 160%May 134%May 134%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
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. In Puerto Cabezas, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 8% and ending it at 29%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 42% on October 21, and its lowest chance is 7% on March 29.

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%WinterSummerMar 177%Mar 177%Mar 18%Mar 18%May 3129%May 3129%Apr 17%Apr 17%May 112%May 112%NowNowrain
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 in Puerto Cabezas is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.2 inches, and ending the season at 5.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.3 inches or falls below 1.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.6 inches on March 19.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay0 in0 in2 in2 in4 in4 in6 in6 in8 in8 in10 in10 in12 in12 inWinterSummerMar 190.6 inMar 190.6 inMar 10.8 inMar 10.8 inMay 315.1 inMay 315.1 inApr 10.7 inApr 10.7 inMay 11.8 inMay 11.8 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 in Puerto Cabezas, 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, 2 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 41 seconds, and weekly increase of 4 minutes, 45 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 52 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 54 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrWinterSummerMar 1912 hr, 6 minMar 1912 hr, 6 minnightnightdaydayMay 3112 hr, 54 minMay 3112 hr, 54 minMay 112 hr, 39 minMay 112 hr, 39 minNowNow
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 in Puerto Cabezas is 5:49 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 45 minutes earlier at 5:04 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:41 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 16 minutes later at 5:58 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Puerto Cabezas during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:06 AM and sets 12 hours, 57 minutes later, at 6:04 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 5:52 AM and sets 11 hours, 18 minutes later, at 5:10 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PMWinterSummer5:04 AM5:04 AMMay 315:58 PMMay 315:58 PM5:49 AM5:49 AMMar 15:41 PMMar 15:41 PM5:28 AM5:28 AMApr 15:45 PMApr 15:45 PM5:11 AM5:11 AMMay 15:49 PMMay 15:49 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
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 in Puerto Cabezas

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay12 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 AMWinterSummer0010202030304050506060708000101020303040405060607080NowNow
northeastsouthwest
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 in Puerto Cabezas

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerFeb 95:00 PMFeb 95:00 PMFeb 246:31 AMFeb 246:31 AMMar 103:01 AMMar 103:01 AMMar 251:01 AMMar 251:01 AMApr 812:22 PMApr 812:22 PMApr 235:50 PMApr 235:50 PMMay 79:23 PMMay 79:23 PMMay 237:54 AMMay 237:54 AMJun 66:38 AMJun 66:38 AMJun 217:09 PMJun 217:09 PM5:49 AM5:49 AM5:35 PM5:35 PM5:13 PM5:13 PM6:04 AM6:04 AM5:58 AM5:58 AM6:17 PM6:17 PM5:28 PM5:28 PM5:46 AM5:46 AM5:14 AM5:14 AM5:55 PM5:55 PM5:44 PM5:44 PM5:32 AM5:32 AM4:33 AM4:33 AM5:20 PM5:20 PM4:55 AM4:55 AM4:56 AM4:56 AM6:29 PM6:29 PM6:04 PM6:04 PM5:29 AM5:29 AMNowNow
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 in Puerto Cabezas is gradually increasing during the spring, rising from 95% to 100% over the course of the season.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the spring is 95% on March 9.

For reference, on June 1, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on March 9, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 95% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%WinterSummerMar 995%Mar 995%May 31100%May 31100%Apr 199%Apr 199%May 199%May 199%NowNowmiserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggy
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 in Puerto Cabezas is gradually decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 8.8 miles per hour to 7.9 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 3, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.2 miles per hour, while on October 1, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.4 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the spring is 7.9 miles per hour on May 30.

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mphWinterSummerMay 307.9 mphMay 307.9 mphMar 18.8 mphMar 18.8 mphApr 18.4 mphApr 18.4 mphMay 18.3 mphMay 18.3 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Puerto Cabezas throughout the spring is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 85% on May 31.

Wind Direction in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Wind Direction in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%WinterSummerNowNoweastnorthsouth
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).

Puerto Cabezas 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 in Puerto Cabezas is gradually increasing during the spring, rising by 3°F, from 81°F to 84°F, over the course of the season.

The highest average surface water temperature during the spring is 84°F on May 30.

Average Water Temperature in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Average Water Temperature in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay78°F78°F79°F79°F80°F80°F81°F81°F82°F82°F83°F83°F84°F84°F85°F85°F86°F86°FWinterSummerMay 3084°FMay 3084°FMar 181°FMar 181°FApr 182°FApr 182°FMay 183°FMay 183°FNowNow
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 in Puerto Cabezas 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 in Puerto Cabezas

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummer100%Apr 16100%Apr 16NowNowcomfortablewarmhot
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 in Puerto Cabezas are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 2,818°F, from 1,689°F to 4,507°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay2,000°F2,000°F2,500°F2,500°F3,000°F3,000°F3,500°F3,500°F4,000°F4,000°F4,500°F4,500°FWinterSummerMar 11,689°FMar 11,689°FMay 314,507°FMay 314,507°FApr 12,599°FApr 12,599°FMay 13,541°FMay 13,541°FNowNow
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 in Puerto Cabezas is decreasing during the spring, falling by 1.4 kWh, from 6.5 kWh to 5.1 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 7.1 kWh on April 8.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in Puerto Cabezas

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in Puerto CabezasMarAprMay0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhWinterSummerApr 87.1 kWhApr 87.1 kWhMar 16.5 kWhMar 16.5 kWhMay 315.1 kWhMay 315.1 kWhMay 16.8 kWhMay 16.8 kWhNowNow
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 Puerto Cabezas are 14.035 deg latitude, -83.389 deg longitude, and 26 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Puerto Cabezas contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 108 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 29 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (266 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,391 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Puerto Cabezas is covered by grassland (38%), water (36%), and trees (14%), within 10 miles by water (58%) and grassland (20%), and within 50 miles by water (63%) and trees (23%).

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

Puerto Cabezas is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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.

The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Puerto Cabezas, according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

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.

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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