Summer Weather in Puerto Esperanza Cuba

Daily high temperatures are around 88°F, rarely falling below 83°F or exceeding 92°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 89°F on August 10.

Daily low temperatures are around 80°F, rarely falling below 75°F or exceeding 84°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 81°F on August 6.

For reference, on August 8, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Puerto Esperanza typically range from 81°F to 89°F, while on January 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 71°F to 79°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.

Salvador, Brazil (3,936 miles away); Mombasa, Kenya (8,456 miles); and Casambalangan, Philippines (9,111 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Puerto Esperanza (view comparison).

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The summer in Puerto Esperanza experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 62% to 72%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 74% on June 23.

The clearest day of the summer is June 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 38% of the time.

For reference, on June 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 74%, while on February 14, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 77%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Puerto Esperanza, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is essentially constant, remaining around 27% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on September 13, and its lowest chance is 8% on December 20.

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 in Puerto Esperanza is essentially constant, remaining about 3.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 8.9 inches or falling below 0.6 inches.

Over the course of the summer in Puerto Esperanza, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 52 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 34 seconds, and weekly decrease of 3 minutes, 59 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 35 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 21, with 13 hours, 32 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Puerto Esperanza is 6:49 AM on June 7 and the latest sunrise is 28 minutes later at 7:17 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:24 PM on July 3 and the earliest sunset is 32 minutes earlier at 7:52 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Puerto Esperanza during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:50 AM and sets 13 hours, 32 minutes later, at 8:22 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:11 AM and sets 10 hours, 44 minutes later, at 5:55 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 in Puerto Esperanza is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 100% throughout.

For reference, on June 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 30, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 67% 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 in Puerto Esperanza is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 8.1 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on November 5, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.0 miles per hour, while on July 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 7.7 miles per hour on July 27.

The hourly average wind direction in Puerto Esperanza throughout the summer is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 80% on July 18.

Puerto Esperanza 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 Esperanza is gradually increasing during the summer, rising by 3°F, from 83°F to 85°F, over the course of the season.

The highest average surface water temperature during the summer is 86°F on August 13.

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 Esperanza 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 in Puerto Esperanza are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 3,060°F, from 4,093°F to 7,153°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 in Puerto Esperanza is gradually decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.0 kWh, from 5.6 kWh to 4.6 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Puerto Esperanza are 22.770 deg latitude, -83.731 deg longitude, and 30 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Puerto Esperanza contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 226 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 39 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,614 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,339 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Puerto Esperanza is covered by cropland (34%), water (32%), trees (13%), and mangroves (12%), within 10 miles by water (45%) and trees (29%), and within 50 miles by water (57%) and trees (19%).