Winter Weather in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe Brazil

Daily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 76°F or exceeding 87°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 80°F on July 17.

Daily low temperatures are around 67°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 71°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 66°F on August 4.

For reference, on December 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe typically range from 71°F to 91°F, while on August 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 66°F to 81°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.

San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico (3,971 miles away); Holguín, Cuba (3,375 miles); and Voi, Kenya (5,150 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Santa Cruz do Capibaribe (view comparison).

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The winter in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 40% to 28%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 24% on July 12.

The clearest day of the winter is July 12, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 76% of the time.

For reference, on April 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 63%, while on July 12, 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 37% and ending it at 14%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 38% on April 7, and its lowest chance is 3% on October 24.

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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 3.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.2 inches or falls below 0.9 inches, and ending the season at 0.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 3.2 inches on June 17.

Over the course of the winter in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 16 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 11 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 minute, 14 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is June 21, with 11 hours, 40 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 31, with 11 hours, 57 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is 5:39 AM on July 15 and the earliest sunrise is 13 minutes earlier at 5:26 AM on August 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:13 PM on June 1 and the latest sunset is 11 minutes later at 5:24 PM on August 11.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:05 AM and sets 12 hours, 35 minutes later, at 5:40 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 5:36 AM and sets 11 hours, 40 minutes later, at 5:16 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is very rapidly decreasing during the winter, falling from 85% to 40% over the course of the season.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 37% on August 16.

For reference, on May 5, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 91% of the time, while on August 16, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 37% 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is increasing during the winter, increasing from 10.4 miles per hour to 12.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on November 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.2 miles per hour, while on April 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.6 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 76% on August 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 7,366°F, from 8,705°F to 1,339°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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.2 kWh, from 5.7 kWh to 6.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 5.6 kWh on June 25.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe are -7.957 deg latitude, -36.205 deg longitude, and 1,460 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 584 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,475 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,621 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,543 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is covered by shrubs (34%), grassland (33%), and trees (27%), within 10 miles by shrubs (52%) and trees (25%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (36%) and trees (27%).