Spring Weather in Puerto López Colombia

Daily high temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 92°F to 84°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 97°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 73°F, rarely falling below 70°F or exceeding 77°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 74°F on March 12.

For reference, on February 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Puerto López typically range from 74°F to 92°F, while on July 13, the coldest day of the year, they range from 71°F to 83°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.

Soubré, Côte d’Ivoire (4,571 miles away) and Ouésso, Congo - Brazzaville (6,149 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Puerto López (view comparison).

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The spring in Puerto López experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 80% to 72%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83% on April 15.

The clearest day of the spring is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 28% of the time.

For reference, on April 15, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83%, while on August 20, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 40%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Puerto López, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 27% and ending it at 69%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 70% on May 20, and its lowest chance is 12% on January 16.

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 Puerto López is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 3.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.5 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 12.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 19.1 inches or falls below 4.2 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 13.4 inches on May 15.

Over the course of the spring in Puerto López, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 18 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 12 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 minute, 24 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 12 hours, 2 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 21 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Puerto López is 6:02 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 24 minutes earlier at 5:38 AM on May 20.

The latest sunset is 6:05 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 8 minutes earlier at 5:56 PM on May 3.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Puerto López during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:42 AM and sets 12 hours, 22 minutes later, at 6:04 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 5:53 AM and sets 11 hours, 53 minutes later, at 5:46 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 Puerto López is rapidly increasing during the spring, rising from 86% to 100% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the spring is 100% on May 13.

For reference, on May 2, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on February 8, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 80% 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 Puerto López is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 3.8 miles per hour to 2.4 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.2 miles per hour, while on June 9, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 2.4 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Puerto López during the spring is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to April 12, the south from April 12 to May 6, and the west from May 6 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 Puerto López 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 Puerto López are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 2,656°F, from 1,772°F to 4,428°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 Puerto López is gradually decreasing during the spring, falling by 0.7 kWh, from 5.5 kWh to 4.8 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 4.8 kWh on May 20.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Puerto López are 4.099 deg latitude, -72.956 deg longitude, and 591 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Puerto López is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 69 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 581 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (338 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (10,203 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Puerto López is covered by grassland (54%), trees (23%), and cropland (12%), within 10 miles by grassland (52%) and trees (26%), and within 50 miles by grassland (50%) and trees (29%).