Summer Weather in Nuquí Colombia

Daily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 79°F or exceeding 84°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 77°F, rarely falling below 76°F or exceeding 79°F.

For reference, on March 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Nuquí typically range from 77°F to 82°F, while on March 2, the coldest day of the year, they range from 76°F to 82°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.

Freetown, Sierra Leone (4,395 miles away); Malibago, Philippines (10,584 miles); and Tofol, Micronesia (8,218 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Nuquí (view comparison).

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The summer in Nuquí experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 92% throughout the season. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 91% on July 28.

The clearest day of the summer is July 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 9% of the time.

For reference, on May 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 94%, while on January 12, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 29%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Nuquí, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is essentially constant, remaining around 88% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 91% on May 20, and its lowest chance is 66% on February 29.

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 Nuquí is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 18.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 25.5 inches or falls below 10.5 inches, and ending the season at 19.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 26.9 inches or falls below 8.4 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 19.4 inches on August 17.

Over the course of the summer in Nuquí, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 13 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 12 hours, 27 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Nuquí is 5:54 AM on June 1 and the latest sunrise is 11 minutes later at 6:04 AM on August 6.

The latest sunset is 6:27 PM on July 15 and the earliest sunset is 12 minutes earlier at 6:15 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Nuquí during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:57 AM and sets 12 hours, 27 minutes later, at 6:24 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:13 AM and sets 11 hours, 48 minutes later, at 6:01 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 Nuquí is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 100% throughout.

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 Nuquí is gradually increasing during the summer, increasing from 5.6 miles per hour to 6.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on November 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.8 miles per hour, while on March 18, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Nuquí throughout the summer is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 79% on August 30.

Nuquí 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 Nuquí is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 82°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 Nuquí 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 Nuquí are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,653°F, from 4,406°F to 7,060°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 Nuquí is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 3.4 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 3.6 kWh on August 22. The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 3.2 kWh on June 23.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Nuquí are 5.713 deg latitude, -77.271 deg longitude, and 0 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Nuquí contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 207 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 16 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,539 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (3,924 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Nuquí is covered by water (60%), trees (28%), and mangroves (12%), within 10 miles by water (62%) and trees (32%), and within 50 miles by water (65%) and trees (28%).