Fall Weather in Macas Ecuador

Daily high temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 78°F to 73°F, rarely falling below 69°F or exceeding 82°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 78°F on March 19.

Daily low temperatures are around 65°F, rarely falling below 60°F or exceeding 69°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 66°F on March 13.

For reference, on March 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Macas typically range from 66°F to 78°F, while on July 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from 61°F to 71°F.

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

Kula, United States (5,522 miles away) and Tadian, Philippines (10,811 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Macas (view comparison).

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The fall in Macas experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 83% to 50%.

The clearest day of the fall is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 50% of the time.

For reference, on February 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 84%, while on August 2, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 65%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Macas, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is decreasing, starting the season at 57% and ending it at 53%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 60% on April 3, and its lowest chance is 37% on August 27.

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 fall in Macas is essentially constant, remaining about 4.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 8.9 inches or falling below 1.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 4.8 inches on April 18.

Over the course of the fall in Macas, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the fall is May 31, with 12 hours, 0 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 1, with 12 hours, 9 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the fall in Macas is 6:20 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 12 minutes earlier at 6:08 AM on May 9.

The latest sunset is 6:29 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 20 minutes earlier at 6:09 PM on May 16.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Macas during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:03 AM and sets 12 hours, 16 minutes later, at 6:18 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:14 AM and sets 11 hours, 59 minutes later, at 6:13 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 fall 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 Macas is rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling from 19% to 8% over the course of the season.

For reference, on November 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 30% of the time, while on July 7, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% 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 Macas is essentially constant during the fall, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 3.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on September 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.5 miles per hour, while on May 18, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.1 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the fall is 3.1 miles per hour on May 18.

The wind direction in Macas during the fall is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to May 9 and the west from May 9 to May 31.

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 Macas 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 Macas are very rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing by 1,847°F, from 4,579°F to 6,426°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 Macas is essentially constant during the fall, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.5 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the fall is 5.6 kWh on April 15. The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the fall is 5.4 kWh on March 1.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Macas are -2.309 deg latitude, -78.111 deg longitude, and 2,999 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Macas contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,467 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,249 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (7,198 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (16,759 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Macas is covered by trees (66%), cropland (16%), and herbaceous vegetation (10%), within 10 miles by trees (86%), and within 50 miles by trees (75%) and grassland (15%).