Winter Weather in Quellón Chile

Daily high temperatures are around 51°F, rarely falling below 46°F or exceeding 56°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 50°F on July 16.

Daily low temperatures are around 43°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 50°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 42°F on July 17.

For reference, on January 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Quellón typically range from 53°F to 64°F, while on July 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 42°F to 50°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.

Depoe Bay, United States (6,830 miles away) and Bluff, New Zealand (5,180 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Quellón (view comparison).

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The winter in Quellón experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 67% to 63%.

The clearest day of the winter is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 37% of the time.

For reference, on May 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 69%, while on February 8, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 59%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Quellón, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 55% and ending it at 47%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 56% on May 27, and its lowest chance is 29% on February 8.

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 Quellón is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 7.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.0 inches or falls below 2.6 inches, and ending the season at 5.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.4 inches or falls below 2.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 7.1 inches on June 2.

Over the course of the winter in Quellón, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 55 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 16 seconds, and weekly increase of 8 minutes, 53 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is June 20, with 8 hours, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 31, with 11 hours, 6 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Quellón is 8:27 AM on June 26 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 6 minutes earlier at 7:21 AM on August 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:25 PM on June 13 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 3 minutes later at 6:28 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Quellón during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the winter, so the entire season is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:11 AM and sets 15 hours, 23 minutes later, at 9:34 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:26 AM and sets 8 hours, 59 minutes later, at 5:25 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 Quellón is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% 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 Quellón is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 9.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on June 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.9 miles per hour, while on February 25, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.3 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 9.9 miles per hour on June 29.

The hourly average wind direction in Quellón throughout the winter is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 47% on August 1.

Quellón 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 Quellón is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 1°F of 51°F throughout.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 50°F on August 12.

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 Quellón 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 Quellón are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 1,153°F, from 1,176°F to 23°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 Quellón is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.2 kWh, from 1.2 kWh to 2.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 1.1 kWh on June 24.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Quellón are -43.118 deg latitude, -73.617 deg longitude, and 75 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Quellón contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 604 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 171 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (883 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (6,827 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Quellón is covered by water (49%) and trees (44%), within 10 miles by water (54%) and trees (44%), and within 50 miles by water (71%) and trees (25%).