Winter Weather in Riosucio Colombia

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 84°F to 89°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 93°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 74°F, rarely falling below 72°F or exceeding 77°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 74°F on January 24.

For reference, on March 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Riosucio typically range from 75°F to 89°F, while on January 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from 74°F to 86°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.

Monrovia, Liberia (4,551 miles away) and Libreville, Gabon (5,987 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Riosucio (view comparison).

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The winter in Riosucio experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 82% to 70%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 63% on January 13.

The clearest day of the winter is January 13, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 37% of the time.

For reference, on June 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 96%, while on January 13, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 37%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Riosucio, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 69% and ending it at 39%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 74% on November 12, and its lowest chance is 38% on February 3.

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 Riosucio is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 9.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 16.4 inches or falls below 4.6 inches, and ending the season at 4.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.7 inches or falls below 0.9 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 4.3 inches on February 18.

Over the course of the winter in Riosucio, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 15 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 10 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 minute, 12 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 11 hours, 42 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 59 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in Riosucio is 6:06 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 22 minutes later at 6:27 AM on January 30.

The earliest sunset is 5:49 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 31 minutes later at 6:20 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Riosucio during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:53 AM and sets 12 hours, 33 minutes later, at 6:26 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:16 AM and sets 11 hours, 42 minutes later, at 5:57 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 Riosucio is essentially constant during the winter, 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 Riosucio is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 2.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 4, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.1 miles per hour, while on June 28, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 2.3 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 3.1 miles per hour on February 4.

The wind direction in Riosucio during the winter is predominantly out of the west from December 1 to December 3 and the north from December 3 to February 28.

Riosucio 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 Riosucio is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling by 3°F, from 82°F to 79°F, over the course of the season.

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 Riosucio 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 Riosucio are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 8,053°F, from 9,742°F to 1,688°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 Riosucio is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.8 kWh, from 3.7 kWh to 5.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Riosucio are 7.443 deg latitude, -77.120 deg longitude, and 7 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Riosucio is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 39 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 13 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (164 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (5,804 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Riosucio is covered by trees (36%), cropland (31%), bare soil (18%), and water (15%), within 10 miles by trees (63%) and cropland (12%), and within 50 miles by trees (66%) and cropland (12%).