Winter Weather in Taghazout Morocco

Daily high temperatures are around 69°F, rarely falling below 60°F or exceeding 79°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 67°F on January 19.

Daily low temperatures are around 51°F, rarely falling below 42°F or exceeding 60°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 48°F on January 15.

For reference, on July 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Taghazout typically range from 65°F to 78°F, while on January 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from 48°F to 67°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.

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil (4,674 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Taghazout (view comparison).

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The winter in Taghazout experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 34% to 29%.

The clearest day of the winter is February 15, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 74% of the time.

For reference, on October 27, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 35%, while on July 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 97%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Taghazout, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 12% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 14% on December 7, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 19.

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 Taghazout is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 1.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the season at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.3 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Taghazout, 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, 12 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 49 seconds, and weekly increase of 5 minutes, 40 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 20, with 10 hours, 10 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Taghazout is 8:37 AM on January 10 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 31 minutes earlier at 7:06 AM on February 28.

The latest sunset is 7:32 PM on February 22 and the earliest sunset is 59 minutes earlier at 6:33 PM on February 23.

Daylight saving time is observed in Taghazout during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the winter, so the entire season is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:36 AM and sets 14 hours, 7 minutes later, at 8:44 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:31 AM and sets 10 hours, 10 minutes later, at 6:42 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 Taghazout is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 1% of 1% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 0% on January 17.

For reference, on August 17, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 73% of the time, while on January 17, 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 Taghazout is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 8.6 miles per hour to 9.4 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on May 26, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.2 miles per hour, while on October 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.9 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Taghazout throughout the winter is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 47% on February 21.

Taghazout is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Taghazout is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling by 3°F, from 65°F to 62°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 62°F on February 24.

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 Taghazout 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 Taghazout are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,834°F, from 5,353°F to 519°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 Taghazout is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 3.5 kWh to 5.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 3.4 kWh on December 16.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Taghazout are 30.543 deg latitude, -9.711 deg longitude, and 0 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Taghazout contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,037 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 255 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,383 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (9,144 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Taghazout is covered by water (48%) and sparse vegetation (29%), within 10 miles by water (46%) and sparse vegetation (16%), and within 50 miles by water (48%) and sparse vegetation (16%).