Summer Weather in Guachucal Colombia

Daily high temperatures are around 62°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 66°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 61°F on June 4.

Daily low temperatures are around 46°F, rarely falling below 41°F or exceeding 50°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 45°F on July 15.

For reference, on September 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Guachucal typically range from 46°F to 63°F, while on July 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from 45°F to 61°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.

Ferndale, United States (3,996 miles away) and Carmel Valley Village, United States (3,735 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Guachucal (view comparison).

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The summer in Guachucal experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 71% to 64%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 57% on August 7.

The clearest day of the summer is August 7, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 43% of the time.

For reference, on March 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 91%, while on August 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 43%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Guachucal, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 33% and ending it at 17%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 59% on April 22, and its lowest chance is 11% on August 13.

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 Guachucal is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 2.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 0.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.9 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.5 inches on August 8.

Over the course of the summer in Guachucal, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 8 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 21, with 12 hours, 11 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Guachucal is 6:03 AM on June 1 and the latest sunrise is 9 minutes later at 6:12 AM on July 27.

The earliest sunset is 6:14 PM on June 1 and the latest sunset is 8 minutes later at 6:22 PM on July 24.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Guachucal during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:07 AM and sets 12 hours, 11 minutes later, at 6:18 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:07 AM and sets 12 hours, 4 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 Guachucal is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on October 5, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% 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 Guachucal is gradually increasing during the summer, increasing from 4.7 miles per hour to 5.6 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on July 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.6 miles per hour, while on April 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.4 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the summer is 6.6 miles per hour on July 31.

The hourly average wind direction in Guachucal throughout the summer is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 82% on August 17.

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 Guachucal 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 Guachucal are increasing during the summer, increasing by 371°F, from 566°F to 937°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 Guachucal is gradually increasing during the summer, rising by 0.9 kWh, from 4.9 kWh to 5.8 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Guachucal are 0.961 deg latitude, -77.732 deg longitude, and 10,141 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Guachucal contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 781 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 10,148 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (6,444 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (15,322 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Guachucal is covered by cropland (75%) and trees (21%), within 10 miles by cropland (38%) and trees (32%), and within 50 miles by trees (56%) and cropland (16%).