Summer Weather in Pucón Chile

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 69°F to 73°F, rarely falling below 59°F or exceeding 85°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 75°F on February 1.

Daily low temperatures are around 50°F, rarely falling below 40°F or exceeding 59°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 51°F on January 12.

For reference, on January 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Pucón typically range from 51°F to 75°F, while on July 24, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 51°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.

Evandale, Australia (6,339 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Pucón (view comparison).

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The summer in Pucón experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 42% to 29%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 24% on February 9.

The clearest day of the summer is February 9, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 76% of the time.

For reference, on June 16, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 77%, while on February 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 76%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Pucón, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 18% and ending it at 14%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 52% on June 16, and its lowest chance is 11% on January 15.

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 Pucón is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 1.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.3 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the season at 1.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.1 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.1 inches on January 16.

Over the course of the summer in Pucón, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 45 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 11 seconds, and weekly decrease of 8 minutes, 14 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is February 28, with 12 hours, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 21, with 14 hours, 57 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Pucón is 6:14 AM on December 7 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 16 minutes later at 7:30 AM on February 28.

The latest sunset is 9:17 PM on January 4 and the earliest sunset is 48 minutes earlier at 8:29 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is observed in Pucón during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:17 AM and sets 14 hours, 57 minutes later, at 9:14 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:07 AM and sets 9 hours, 24 minutes later, at 5:31 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 Pucón is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on February 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on April 1, 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 Pucón is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 4.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 2, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.1 miles per hour, while on March 6, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.1 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the summer is 4.5 miles per hour on December 11.

The hourly average wind direction in Pucón throughout the summer is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 59% on December 6.

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).

The growing season in Pucón typically lasts for 6.3 months (192 days), from around October 12 to around April 22, rarely starting before August 31 or after November 18, and rarely ending before March 12 or after May 30.

The summer in Pucón is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a high of 100% on January 27.

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 Pucón are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 1,023°F, from 473°F to 1,496°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 Pucón is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.2 kWh, from 7.6 kWh to 6.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 8.4 kWh on January 5.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Pucón are -39.282 deg latitude, -71.954 deg longitude, and 774 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Pucón contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 682 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 860 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (8,658 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (12,100 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Pucón is covered by trees (59%), cropland (18%), and shrubs (14%), within 10 miles by trees (64%) and water (18%), and within 50 miles by trees (64%) and shrubs (12%).