Winter Weather in Benamargosa Spain

Daily high temperatures are around 60°F, rarely falling below 53°F or exceeding 69°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 58°F on January 11.

Daily low temperatures are around 44°F, rarely falling below 35°F or exceeding 52°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 42°F on January 19.

For reference, on August 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Benamargosa typically range from 68°F to 88°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 42°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.

La Crescenta-Montrose, United States (5,957 miles away); Pontevedra, Argentina (6,066 miles); and Balaklava, Australia (10,350 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Benamargosa (view comparison).

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The winter in Benamargosa experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 40% throughout the season. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 37% on February 12.

The clearest day of the winter is February 12, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 63% of the time.

For reference, on October 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46%, while on July 19, 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 Benamargosa, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 19% and ending it at 17%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 21% on November 16, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 29.

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 Benamargosa is decreasing, starting the season at 2.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.7 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the season at 1.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of the winter in Benamargosa, 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, 32 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 2 seconds, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 15 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 20, with 9 hours, 38 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 22 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Benamargosa is 8:30 AM on January 6 and the earliest sunrise is 41 minutes earlier at 7:48 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 6:00 PM on December 6 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 10 minutes later at 7:10 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is observed in Benamargosa 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 6:57 AM and sets 14 hours, 41 minutes later, at 9:39 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:26 AM and sets 9 hours, 38 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 Benamargosa is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 17, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 23% of the time, while on November 20, 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 Benamargosa is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 9.1 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.5 miles per hour, while on August 25, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.6 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 9.5 miles per hour on February 21.

The hourly average wind direction in Benamargosa throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 38% on December 16.

Benamargosa 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 Benamargosa is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling by 3°F, from 62°F to 59°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 59°F on February 15.

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 Benamargosa over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 16, with a 60% 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 Benamargosa are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 4,610°F, from 4,792°F to 181°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 Benamargosa is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 2.6 kWh to 4.4 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.5 kWh on December 17.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Benamargosa are 36.835 deg latitude, -4.194 deg longitude, and 358 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Benamargosa contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,552 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 771 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (6,772 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (11,115 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Benamargosa is covered by cropland (80%) and trees (20%), within 10 miles by cropland (61%) and trees (17%), and within 50 miles by cropland (39%) and water (35%).