Spring Weather in Cotoca Bolivia

Daily high temperatures are around 86°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 95°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 88°F on November 19.

Daily low temperatures increase by 7°F, from 65°F to 72°F, rarely falling below 55°F or exceeding 76°F.

For reference, on November 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Cotoca typically range from 71°F to 88°F, while on July 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 60°F to 79°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.

Ángel Albino Corzo (Guadalupe), Mexico (3,180 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Cotoca (view comparison).

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The spring in Cotoca experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 32% to 67%.

The clearest day of the spring is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 68% of the time.

For reference, on February 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 77%, while on August 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Cotoca, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 16% and ending it at 43%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 52% on February 5, and its lowest chance is 12% on August 1.

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 Cotoca is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 1.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.8 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the season at 5.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.6 inches or falls below 2.0 inches.

Over the course of the spring in Cotoca, 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, 20 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 53 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 14 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is September 1, with 11 hours, 46 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 30, with 13 hours, 7 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Cotoca is 6:18 AM on September 1 and the earliest sunrise is 51 minutes earlier at 5:26 AM on November 24.

The earliest sunset is 6:04 PM on September 1 and the latest sunset is 29 minutes later at 6:33 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Cotoca during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:33 AM and sets 13 hours, 12 minutes later, at 6:45 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:41 AM and sets 11 hours, 4 minutes later, at 5:45 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 Cotoca is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising from 36% to 88% over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 9, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 95% of the time, while on July 29, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 27% 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 Cotoca is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 9.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on September 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.5 miles per hour, while on March 17, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.6 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 9.5 miles per hour on September 21.

The hourly average wind direction in Cotoca throughout the spring is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 70% on November 29.

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 Cotoca 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 Cotoca are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 2,377°F, from 1,239°F to 3,616°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 Cotoca is increasing during the spring, rising by 1.2 kWh, from 5.4 kWh to 6.6 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 6.7 kWh on November 19.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Cotoca are -17.750 deg latitude, -62.834 deg longitude, and 1,043 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Cotoca is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 85 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,048 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (272 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,819 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Cotoca is covered by cropland (80%) and trees (14%), within 10 miles by cropland (66%) and trees (17%), and within 50 miles by cropland (54%) and trees (29%).