Winter Weather in Sidi Amar Morocco

Daily high temperatures are around 60°F, rarely falling below 49°F or exceeding 72°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 58°F on January 21.

Daily low temperatures are around 42°F, rarely falling below 34°F or exceeding 50°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 40°F on January 14.

For reference, on July 26, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Sidi Amar typically range from 71°F to 95°F, while on January 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from 40°F to 58°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.

Oroville, United States (5,967 miles away); Maricopa, United States (6,075 miles); and Brunswick, United States (4,101 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Sidi Amar (view comparison).

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The winter in Sidi Amar experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 41% throughout the season.

The clearest day of the winter is February 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 61% of the time.

For reference, on October 31, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 45%, while on July 15, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 93%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Sidi Amar, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 21% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 24% on November 24, and its lowest chance is 2% on July 16.

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 Sidi Amar is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 2.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.3 inches or falls below 0.4 inches, and ending the season at 2.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.3 inches or falls below 0.3 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Sidi Amar, 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, 19 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, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 27 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Sidi Amar is 8:26 AM on January 8 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 35 minutes earlier at 6:52 AM on February 28.

The latest sunset is 7:14 PM on February 22 and the earliest sunset is 59 minutes earlier at 6:15 PM on February 23.

Daylight saving time is observed in Sidi Amar 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 6:15 AM and sets 14 hours, 20 minutes later, at 8:34 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:22 AM and sets 9 hours, 59 minutes later, at 6:20 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 Sidi Amar is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 19, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% 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 Sidi Amar is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 6.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.0 miles per hour, while on January 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.0 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 6.0 miles per hour on January 15.

The wind direction in Sidi Amar during the winter is predominantly out of the south from December 1 to February 14 and the west from February 14 to February 28.

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).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Sidi Amar over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 11, with a 64% chance.

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 Sidi Amar are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,994°F, from 5,177°F to 182°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 Sidi Amar is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 3.2 kWh to 4.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 3.1 kWh on December 16.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Sidi Amar are 32.950 deg latitude, -5.832 deg longitude, and 2,969 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Sidi Amar contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,424 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,002 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,982 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (9,045 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Sidi Amar is covered by cropland (56%), grassland (19%), and trees (15%), within 10 miles by cropland (45%) and grassland (19%), and within 50 miles by cropland (48%) and grassland (14%).