Winter Weather in Placetas Cuba

Daily high temperatures are around 79°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 85°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 77°F on January 14.

Daily low temperatures are around 63°F, rarely falling below 55°F or exceeding 69°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 62°F on February 6.

For reference, on July 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Placetas typically range from 72°F to 87°F, while on February 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 62°F to 78°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter 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.

Rio Bonito, Brazil (3,990 miles away); Coaraci, Brazil (3,731 miles); and Ambodivoara, Madagascar (9,113 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Placetas (view comparison).

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The winter in Placetas experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 32% to 18%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 17% on February 25.

The clearest day of the winter is February 25, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 83% of the time.

For reference, on June 15, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 74%, while on February 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 83%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Placetas, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 7% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 33% on June 2, and its lowest chance is 5% on December 30.

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 winter in Placetas is essentially constant, remaining about 0.7 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.4 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.5 inches on January 1.

Over the course of the winter in Placetas, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 50 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 34 seconds, and weekly increase of 3 minutes, 56 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 10 hours, 46 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 42 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Placetas is 7:00 AM on January 14 and the earliest sunrise is 20 minutes earlier at 6:40 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:33 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 48 minutes later at 6:22 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is observed in Placetas during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the winter, so the entire season is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:35 AM and sets 13 hours, 30 minutes later, at 8:05 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:53 AM and sets 10 hours, 46 minutes later, at 5:40 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 winter 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 Placetas is very rapidly decreasing during the winter, falling from 62% to 32% over the course of the season.

For reference, on September 2, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on March 10, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 32% 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 Placetas is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 11.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on November 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.6 miles per hour, while on September 17, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 10.9 miles per hour on January 18.

The hourly average wind direction in Placetas throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 71% on December 2.

Placetas 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 Placetas is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling by 2°F, from 80°F to 78°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 77°F on February 6.

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 Placetas 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 Placetas are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 7,141°F, from 8,258°F to 1,117°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 Placetas is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.6 kWh, from 4.4 kWh to 6.0 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 4.3 kWh on December 21.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Placetas are 22.312 deg latitude, -79.654 deg longitude, and 659 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Placetas contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 262 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 654 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (902 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,714 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Placetas is covered by cropland (78%) and artificial surfaces (16%), within 10 miles by cropland (66%) and grassland (17%), and within 50 miles by cropland (41%) and water (25%).