Spring Weather in Benito Juárez MexicoDaily high temperatures increase by 22°F, from 63°F to 85°F, rarely falling below 52°F or exceeding 91°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 18°F, from 34°F to 52°F, rarely falling below 26°F or exceeding 58°F. For reference, on June 15, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Benito Juárez typically range from 57°F to 87°F, while on January 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 31°F to 57°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. Calingasta, Argentina (4,925 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Benito Juárez (view comparison). CloudsThe spring in Benito Juárez experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 35% to 22%. The clearest day of the spring is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 78% of the time. For reference, on August 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 59%, while on June 6, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 78%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Benito Juárez, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is essentially constant, remaining around 5% throughout. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 60% on July 26, and its lowest chance is 3% on April 24. Over the course of the spring in Benito Juárez, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 5% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout. RainfallTo 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 Benito Juárez is essentially constant, remaining about 0.4 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.3 inches. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.2 inches on May 8. SunOver the course of the spring in Benito Juárez, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 21 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 33 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 51 seconds. The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 35 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 13 hours, 56 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the spring in Benito Juárez is 7:36 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 25 minutes earlier at 6:11 AM on May 31. The earliest sunset is 7:11 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 56 minutes later at 8:07 PM on May 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Benito Juárez during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:11 AM and sets 14 hours, 4 minutes later, at 8:15 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:03 AM and sets 10 hours, 14 minutes later, at 6:17 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. MoonThe 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. HumidityWe 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 Benito Juárez is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout. WindThis 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 Benito Juárez is gradually decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 8.4 miles per hour to 7.4 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on April 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.1 miles per hour, while on August 12, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.3 miles per hour. The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 9.1 miles per hour on April 10. The hourly average wind direction in Benito Juárez throughout the spring is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 69% on May 9. Growing SeasonDefinitions 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 Benito Juárez typically lasts for 6.9 months (211 days), from around April 9 to around November 7, rarely starting before March 19 or after May 1, and rarely ending before October 20 or after November 26. During the spring in Benito Juárez, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 1% to 100% over the course of the 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 Benito Juárez are rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 825°F, from 131°F to 956°F, over the course of the season. Solar EnergyThis 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 Benito Juárez is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 2.5 kWh, from 5.8 kWh to 8.4 kWh, over the course of the season. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Benito Juárez are 29.746 deg latitude, -107.940 deg longitude, and 6,427 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Benito Juárez contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 751 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6,596 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (3,297 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (7,047 feet). The area within 2 miles of Benito Juárez is covered by grassland (56%) and trees (44%), within 10 miles by trees (74%) and grassland (26%), and within 50 miles by trees (55%) and grassland (37%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Benito Juárez, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Benito Juárez is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Benito Juárez, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . 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. 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 . 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