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Summer Weather in El Cocal Panama

Daily high temperatures are around 85°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 88°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 76°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 78°F.

For reference, on April 5, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in El Cocal typically range from 75°F to 89°F, while on February 10, the coldest day of the year, they range from 74°F to 88°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Summer in El Cocal

Average High and Low Temperature in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug74°F74°F76°F76°F78°F78°F80°F80°F82°F82°F84°F84°F86°F86°F88°F88°F90°F90°F92°F92°F94°F94°F96°F96°FSpringFallJun 185°FJun 185°F76°F76°FAug 3184°FAug 3184°F76°F76°FJul 185°FJul 185°F76°F76°FAug 185°FAug 185°F76°F76°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 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.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Summer in El Cocal

Average Hourly Temperature in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug12 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 AMSpringFallwarmhot
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.

Monrovia, Liberia (4,766 miles away); Bata, Equatorial Guinea (6,211 miles); and Davan, Philippines (10,364 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to El Cocal (view comparison).

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The summer in El Cocal 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 highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 95% on July 24.

The clearest day of the summer is June 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 6% of the time.

For reference, on July 24, 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 52%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Summer in El Cocal

Cloud Cover Categories in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SpringFallJan 252%Jan 252%Jun 16%Jun 16%Aug 315%Aug 315%Jul 15%Jul 15%Aug 15%Aug 15%mostly cloudyovercastpartly cloudyclear
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 El Cocal, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is essentially constant, remaining around 46% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 52% on October 23, and its lowest chance is 3% on February 24.

Probability of Precipitation in the Summer in El Cocal

Probability of Precipitation in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%45%45%50%50%55%55%SpringFallJun 148%Jun 148%Aug 3148%Aug 3148%Jul 144%Jul 144%Aug 146%Aug 146%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 summer in El Cocal is essentially constant, remaining about 7.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 13.6 inches or falling below 2.6 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Summer in El Cocal

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug0 in0 in2 in2 in4 in4 in6 in6 in8 in8 in10 in10 in12 in12 in14 in14 inSpringFallJun 17.9 inJun 17.9 inAug 317.9 inAug 317.9 inJul 17.3 inJul 17.3 inAug 17.3 inAug 17.3 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 summer in El Cocal, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 17 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 11 seconds, and weekly decrease of 1 minute, 19 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 16 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 12 hours, 34 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Summer in El Cocal

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrSpringFallJun 2012 hr, 34 minJun 2012 hr, 34 minnightnightdaydayAug 3112 hr, 16 minAug 3112 hr, 16 minAug 112 hr, 27 minAug 112 hr, 27 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 earliest sunrise of the summer in El Cocal is 6:02 AM on June 1 and the latest sunrise is 12 minutes later at 6:14 AM on August 12.

The latest sunset is 6:43 PM on July 14 and the earliest sunset is 14 minutes earlier at 6:29 PM on August 31.

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

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:05 AM and sets 12 hours, 34 minutes later, at 6:40 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:29 AM and sets 11 hours, 41 minutes later, at 6:09 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Summer in El Cocal

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMSpringFall6:02 AM6:02 AMJun 16:35 PMJun 16:35 PM6:11 AM6:11 AMJul 146:43 PMJul 146:43 PM6:13 AM6:13 AMAug 316:29 PMAug 316:29 PM6:14 AM6:14 AMAug 126:37 PMAug 126:37 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the summer. 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 Summer in El Cocal

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug12 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 AMSpringFall0010202030304050506060708000101020303040405060607070
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the summer 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 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Summer in El Cocal

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFallMay 710:23 PMMay 710:23 PMMay 238:54 AMMay 238:54 AMJun 67:38 AMJun 67:38 AMJun 218:09 PMJun 218:09 PMJul 55:58 PMJul 55:58 PMJul 215:18 AMJul 215:18 AMAug 46:14 AMAug 46:14 AMAug 191:26 PMAug 191:26 PMSep 28:56 PMSep 28:56 PMSep 179:35 PMSep 179:35 PM5:28 AM5:28 AM5:56 PM5:56 PM5:54 AM5:54 AM5:57 AM5:57 AM7:01 PM7:01 PM6:36 PM6:36 PM6:31 AM6:31 AM6:46 PM6:46 PM6:21 PM6:21 PM6:19 AM6:19 AM6:20 AM6:20 AM7:07 PM7:07 PM6:48 PM6:48 PM7:01 AM7:01 AM6:25 PM6:25 PM6:11 PM6:11 PM6:35 AM6:35 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 in El Cocal is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 100% throughout.

For reference, on May 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on February 28, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Summer in El Cocal

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%SpringFallJun 1100%Jun 1100%Aug 31100%Aug 31100%Jul 1100%Jul 1100%Aug 1100%Aug 1100%miserablemiserableoppressiveoppressive
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 El Cocal is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 6.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 4, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.3 miles per hour, while on June 23, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.3 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 6.3 miles per hour on June 23.

Average Wind Speed in the Summer in El Cocal

Average Wind Speed in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mphSpringFallJun 236.3 mphJun 236.3 mphJun 16.5 mphJun 16.5 mphAug 316.9 mphAug 316.9 mphAug 16.5 mphAug 16.5 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in El Cocal during the summer is predominantly out of the west from June 1 to July 9 and from July 21 to August 31 and the north from July 9 to July 21.

Wind Direction in the Summer in El Cocal

Wind Direction in the Summer in El CocalNWNWJunJulAug0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%SpringFallwestnorthsouth
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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).

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

The highest average surface water temperature during the summer is 83°F on June 10.

Average Water Temperature in the Summer in El Cocal

Average Water Temperature in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug80.0°F80.0°F80.5°F80.5°F81.0°F81.0°F81.5°F81.5°F82.0°F82.0°F82.5°F82.5°F83.0°F83.0°F83.5°F83.5°F84.0°F84.0°F84.5°F84.5°F85.0°F85.0°FSpringFallJun 1083°FJun 1083°FAug 3183°FAug 3183°FJul 183°FJul 183°FAug 183°FAug 183°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 in El Cocal 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 Summer in El Cocal

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SpringFall100%Jul 17100%Jul 17warmhotcomfortable
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 El Cocal are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,686°F, from 4,579°F to 7,265°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Summer in El Cocal

Growing Degree Days in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug4,500°F4,500°F5,000°F5,000°F5,500°F5,500°F6,000°F6,000°F6,500°F6,500°F7,000°F7,000°FSpringFallJun 14,579°FJun 14,579°FAug 317,265°FAug 317,265°FJul 15,472°FJul 15,472°FAug 16,386°FAug 16,386°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the summer, 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 El Cocal is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 3.1 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 2.9 kWh on July 24.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Summer in El Cocal

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Summer in El CocalJunJulAug0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWhSpringFallJul 242.9 kWhJul 242.9 kWhJun 13.2 kWhJun 13.2 kWhAug 313.1 kWhAug 313.1 kWhJul 12.9 kWhJul 12.9 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 El Cocal are 7.737 deg latitude, -80.280 deg longitude, and 243 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of El Cocal contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 446 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 209 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,719 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,079 feet).

The area within 2 miles of El Cocal is covered by grassland (69%) and cropland (29%), within 10 miles by grassland (39%) and cropland (38%), and within 50 miles by water (58%) and grassland (17%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in El Cocal, 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

There is only a single weather station, Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of El Cocal.

At a distance of 162 kilometers from El Cocal, further than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed insufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. Consequently, the station records are blended with interpolated values from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis , and both are corrected for elevation differences according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

The weight assigned to the MERRA-2 value depends on the distance from El Cocal to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 20%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 80%.

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 .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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