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Summer Weather in Vargem Grande Brazil

Daily high temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 98°F to 91°F, rarely falling below 85°F or exceeding 103°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 75°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 79°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 74°F on February 27.

For reference, on October 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Vargem Grande typically range from 76°F to 99°F, while on July 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from 73°F to 91°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Average High and Low Temperature in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°F90°F90°F95°F95°F100°F100°F105°F105°FSpringFallDec 198°FDec 198°F76°F76°FFeb 2891°FFeb 2891°F74°F74°FJan 194°FJan 194°F75°F75°FFeb 191°FFeb 191°F74°F74°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Average Hourly Temperature in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFallcomfortablewarmwarmhotsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Valle San Francisco, Nicaragua (3,116 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Vargem Grande (view comparison).

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The summer in Vargem Grande experiences rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 68% to 81%.

The clearest day of the summer is December 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 32% of the time.

For reference, on April 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 86%, while on August 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 69%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Cloud Cover Categories in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SpringFallDec 132%Dec 132%Feb 2819%Feb 2819%Jan 127%Jan 127%Feb 122%Feb 122%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Vargem Grande, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 16% and ending it at 78%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 85% on March 22, and its lowest chance is 4% on August 28.

Probability of Precipitation in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Probability of Precipitation in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%SpringFallDec 116%Dec 116%Feb 2878%Feb 2878%Jan 148%Jan 148%Feb 169%Feb 169%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 Vargem Grande is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the season at 10.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 15.4 inches or falls below 5.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb0 in0 in5 in5 in10 in10 in15 in15 in20 in20 inSpringFallDec 11.6 inDec 11.6 inFeb 2810.7 inFeb 2810.7 inJan 15.2 inJan 15.2 inFeb 18.8 inFeb 18.8 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of the summer in Vargem Grande, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the summer is February 28, with 12 hours, 10 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 20, with 12 hours, 20 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrSpringFallDec 2112 hr, 20 minDec 2112 hr, 20 mindaydaydaydaynightFeb 2812 hr, 10 minFeb 2812 hr, 10 minFeb 112 hr, 16 minFeb 112 hr, 16 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Vargem Grande is 5:35 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 28 minutes later at 6:03 AM on February 18.

The earliest sunset is 5:54 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 23 minutes later at 6:17 PM on February 3.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Vargem Grande during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:44 AM and sets 12 hours, 20 minutes later, at 6:03 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 5:59 AM and sets 11 hours, 55 minutes later, at 5:54 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMSpringFall5:35 AM5:35 AMDec 15:54 PMDec 15:54 PM6:01 AM6:01 AMFeb 36:17 PMFeb 36:17 PM6:02 AM6:02 AMFeb 286:13 PMFeb 286:13 PM5:49 AM5:49 AMJan 16:09 PMJan 16:09 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the summer. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFall0010202030304050506060708000101020303040405060607070
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the summer of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFallNov 19:48 AMNov 19:48 AMNov 156:29 PMNov 156:29 PMDec 13:22 AMDec 13:22 AMDec 156:02 AMDec 156:02 AMDec 307:28 PMDec 307:28 PMJan 137:28 PMJan 137:28 PMJan 299:37 AMJan 299:37 AMFeb 1210:54 AMFeb 1210:54 AMFeb 279:45 PMFeb 279:45 PMMar 143:55 AMMar 143:55 AMMar 297:58 AMMar 297:58 AM5:23 AM5:23 AM5:40 PM5:40 PM5:57 AM5:57 AM5:39 AM5:39 AM5:25 PM5:25 PM5:41 AM5:41 AM5:19 AM5:19 AM6:04 PM6:04 PM6:12 PM6:12 PM6:26 AM6:26 AM5:59 AM5:59 AM5:46 PM5:46 PM6:00 AM6:00 AM5:33 AM5:33 AM6:05 PM6:05 PM5:50 PM5:50 PM6:08 AM6:08 AM5:55 AM5:55 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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 Vargem Grande is rapidly increasing during the summer, rising from 89% to 100% over the course of the season.

For reference, on March 3, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on October 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 86% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%SpringFallDec 189%Dec 189%Feb 28100%Feb 28100%Jan 195%Jan 195%Feb 199%Feb 199%miserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumid
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Vargem Grande is decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 4.3 miles per hour to 2.6 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on October 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.6 miles per hour, while on April 23, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 2.3 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Average Wind Speed in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb0 mph0 mph1 mph1 mph2 mph2 mph3 mph3 mph4 mph4 mph5 mph5 mph6 mph6 mphSpringFallDec 14.3 mphDec 14.3 mphFeb 282.6 mphFeb 282.6 mphJan 13.4 mphJan 13.4 mphFeb 12.9 mphFeb 12.9 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Vargem Grande during the summer is predominantly out of the east from December 1 to January 28 and the north from January 28 to February 28.

Wind Direction in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Wind Direction in the Summer in Vargem GrandeENDecJanFeb0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%SpringFalleastnorth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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 Vargem Grande 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.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SpringFall100%Jan 15100%Jan 15comfortablewarmhotsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 Vargem Grande are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,743°F, from 4,781°F to 7,524°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Growing Degree Days in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb5,000°F5,000°F5,500°F5,500°F6,000°F6,000°F6,500°F6,500°F7,000°F7,000°F7,500°F7,500°FSpringFallDec 14,781°FDec 14,781°FFeb 287,524°FFeb 287,524°FJan 15,774°FJan 15,774°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the summer, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Vargem Grande is rapidly decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.6 kWh, from 6.3 kWh to 4.8 kWh, over the course of the season.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Summer in Vargem Grande

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Summer in Vargem GrandeDecJanFeb0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhSpringFallDec 16.3 kWhDec 16.3 kWhFeb 284.8 kWhFeb 284.8 kWhJan 15.3 kWhJan 15.3 kWhFeb 14.9 kWhFeb 14.9 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Vargem Grande are -3.543 deg latitude, -43.916 deg longitude, and 144 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Vargem Grande contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 233 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 122 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (318 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (479 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Vargem Grande is covered by shrubs (49%), trees (19%), cropland (17%), and grassland (15%), within 10 miles by trees (50%) and shrubs (39%), and within 50 miles by trees (57%) and shrubs (26%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Vargem Grande, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Vargem Grande.

At a distance of 112 kilometers from Vargem Grande, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Vargem Grande according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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