Spring Weather in Salamina Colombia

Daily high temperatures are around 75°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 80°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 74°F on April 23.

Daily low temperatures are around 61°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 63°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 61°F on May 6.

For reference, on August 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Salamina typically range from 60°F to 76°F, while on July 27, the coldest day of the year, they range from 60°F to 76°F.

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

Gitarama, Rwanda (7,288 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Salamina (view comparison).

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The spring in Salamina experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 89% throughout the season. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 92% on May 7.

The clearest day of the spring is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 14% of the time.

For reference, on May 5, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 92%, while on July 22, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 24%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Salamina, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 62% and ending it at 82%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 87% on October 24, and its lowest chance is 56% on January 26.

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 spring in Salamina is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 5.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.8 inches or falls below 1.6 inches, and ending the season at 9.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.8 inches or falls below 4.2 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 10.1 inches on May 2.

Over the course of the spring in Salamina, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 24 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 16 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 minute, 50 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 12 hours, 1 minute of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 25 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Salamina is 6:13 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 27 minutes earlier at 5:46 AM on May 22.

The latest sunset is 6:14 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 6 minutes earlier at 6:08 PM on April 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Salamina during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:50 AM and sets 12 hours, 26 minutes later, at 6:16 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:06 AM and sets 11 hours, 49 minutes later, at 5:54 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 spring 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 Salamina is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on April 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on July 26, 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 Salamina is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 1.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 1.6 miles per hour, while on December 7, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 1.3 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the spring is 1.3 miles per hour on April 22.

The wind direction in Salamina during the spring is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to April 20 and the south from April 20 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 Salamina 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 Salamina are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,539°F, from 995°F to 2,534°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 Salamina is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 4.8 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 4.6 kWh on April 17.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Salamina are 5.407 deg latitude, -75.487 deg longitude, and 5,879 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Salamina contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 3,199 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 5,125 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (8,878 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (16,752 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Salamina is covered by trees (64%), shrubs (16%), and cropland (12%), within 10 miles by trees (63%) and shrubs (13%), and within 50 miles by trees (66%) and grassland (13%).