Summer Weather in El Cortezo Panama

Daily high temperatures are around 81°F, rarely falling below 78°F or exceeding 85°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 75°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 77°F.

For reference, on March 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in El Cortezo typically range from 74°F to 90°F, while on January 25, the coldest day of the year, they range from 71°F to 84°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.

Tabou, Côte d’Ivoire (5,041 miles away); Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (6,152 miles); and Aga, Philippines (10,357 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to El Cortezo (view comparison).

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The summer in El Cortezo experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 94% throughout the season.

The clearest day of the summer is June 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 7% of the time.

For reference, on August 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 95%, while on January 2, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 50%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In El Cortezo, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is essentially constant, remaining around 41% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 49% on October 24, and its lowest chance is 3% on February 24.

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 El Cortezo is essentially constant, remaining about 7.2 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 12.4 inches or falling below 2.5 inches.

Over the course of the summer in El Cortezo, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 16 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 11 seconds, and weekly decrease of 1 minute, 16 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 15 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 19, with 12 hours, 33 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in El Cortezo is 6:04 AM on June 1 and the latest sunrise is 12 minutes later at 6:16 AM on August 12.

The latest sunset is 6:43 PM on July 14 and the earliest sunset is 14 minutes earlier at 6:30 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in El Cortezo during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:07 AM and sets 12 hours, 33 minutes later, at 6:40 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:30 AM and sets 11 hours, 42 minutes later, at 6:11 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 El Cortezo is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 100% throughout.

For reference, on January 1, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on March 22, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 93% 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 El Cortezo is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.5 miles per hour of 6.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 27, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on July 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 5.8 miles per hour on July 19.

The hourly average wind direction in El Cortezo throughout the summer is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 71% on August 31.

El Cortezo 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 El Cortezo is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 83°F throughout.

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 El Cortezo 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 El Cortezo are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,498°F, from 4,342°F to 6,840°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 El Cortezo is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 3.0 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 2.8 kWh on July 24.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of El Cortezo are 7.427 deg latitude, -80.633 deg longitude, and 492 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of El Cortezo contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,778 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 683 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,003 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (5,095 feet).

The area within 2 miles of El Cortezo is covered by trees (35%), grassland (32%), and cropland (29%), within 10 miles by trees (45%) and cropland (33%), and within 50 miles by water (61%) and grassland (13%).