Winter Weather in Kong Côte d’Ivoire

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 92°F to 97°F, rarely falling below 87°F or exceeding 102°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 98°F on February 22.

Daily low temperatures increase by 5°F, from 67°F to 72°F, rarely falling below 57°F or exceeding 77°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 63°F on December 31.

For reference, on February 20, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kong typically range from 70°F to 98°F, while on December 31, the coldest day of the year, they range from 63°F to 94°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 Juan de los Morros, Venezuela (4,274 miles away) and Sulya, India (5,419 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kong (view comparison).

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The winter in Kong experiences rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 41% to 56%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 33% on December 31.

The clearest day of the winter is December 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 67% of the time.

For reference, on May 5, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 77%, while on December 31, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 67%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kong, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 6% and ending it at 17%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 81% on August 31, and its lowest chance is 1% on December 31.

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 Kong is increasing, starting the season at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 0.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.1 inches on January 2.

Over the course of the winter in Kong, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 19 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 13 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 minute, 29 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 22, with 11 hours, 36 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 57 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in Kong is 6:18 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 21 minutes later at 6:39 AM on January 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:56 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 33 minutes later at 6:29 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Kong during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:00 AM and sets 12 hours, 40 minutes later, at 6:39 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:28 AM and sets 11 hours, 36 minutes later, at 6:04 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 Kong is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 15% of 19% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 4% on January 3.

For reference, on July 26, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 3, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% 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 Kong is increasing during the winter, increasing from 5.6 miles per hour to 6.6 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour, while on September 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.0 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 7.4 miles per hour on January 23.

The wind direction in Kong during the winter is predominantly out of the east from December 1 to February 24 and the south from February 24 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).

Temperatures in Kong 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 Kong are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 7,954°F, from 9,569°F to 1,615°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 Kong is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.3 kWh of 5.6 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 5.9 kWh on February 10. The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 5.3 kWh on December 9.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kong are 9.149 deg latitude, -4.610 deg longitude, and 1,073 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kong contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 295 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,081 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (512 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,496 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kong is covered by shrubs (82%) and trees (16%), within 10 miles by trees (44%) and shrubs (39%), and within 50 miles by trees (54%) and shrubs (31%).