Winter Weather in Settat Morocco

Daily high temperatures are around 66°F, rarely falling below 55°F or exceeding 79°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 63°F on January 15.

Daily low temperatures are around 40°F, rarely falling below 30°F or exceeding 51°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 38°F on January 15.

For reference, on July 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Settat typically range from 65°F to 94°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 63°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.

Moreno Valley, United States (5,946 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Settat (view comparison).

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The winter in Settat experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 39% throughout the season.

The clearest day of the winter is February 16, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 63% of the time.

For reference, on October 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 42%, while on July 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 95%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Settat, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 19% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 21% on December 7, and its lowest chance is 1% on July 7.

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 Settat is decreasing, starting the season at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.7 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the season at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Settat, 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 54 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 15 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 9 hours, 58 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 27 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Settat is 8:34 AM on January 8 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 35 minutes earlier at 6:59 AM on February 28.

The latest sunset is 7:21 PM on February 22 and the earliest sunset is 59 minutes earlier at 6:22 PM on February 23.

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

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:22 AM and sets 14 hours, 20 minutes later, at 8:42 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:29 AM and sets 9 hours, 58 minutes later, at 6:27 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 Settat is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 18, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 6% of the time, while on January 1, 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 Settat is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 8.1 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on January 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 7.8 miles per hour on January 29.

The wind direction in Settat during the winter is predominantly out of the east from December 1 to January 20 and the north from January 20 to February 28.

Settat 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 Settat is decreasing during the winter, falling by 4°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 25.

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).

The growing season in Settat typically lasts for 9.8 months (297 days), from around February 24 to around December 18, rarely starting before January 19 or after March 22, and rarely ending before November 25 or after January 12.

The winter in Settat is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of 8% on January 16.

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 Settat are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,618°F, from 4,867°F to 250°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 Settat is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 3.1 kWh to 4.8 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.9 kWh on December 16.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Settat are 33.001 deg latitude, -7.617 deg longitude, and 1,198 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Settat contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 364 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,288 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,260 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,966 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Settat is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and cropland (40%), within 10 miles by cropland (76%), and within 50 miles by cropland (59%).