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Spring Weather in Brest France

Daily high temperatures increase by 12°F, from 50°F to 63°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 71°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 10°F, from 41°F to 51°F, rarely falling below 33°F or exceeding 55°F.

For reference, on August 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Brest typically range from 57°F to 69°F, while on February 7, the coldest day of the year, they range from 40°F to 49°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in Brest

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°FWinterSummerMar 150°FMar 150°F41°F41°FMay 3163°FMay 3163°F51°F51°FApr 154°FApr 154°F43°F43°FMay 158°FMay 158°F47°F47°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring 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.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in Brest

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummervery coldvery coldcoldcoolcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Lincoln City, Oregon, United States (5,031 miles away) and Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia (10,997 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Brest (view comparison).

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The spring in Brest experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 59% to 49%.

The clearest day of the spring is April 21, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 51% of the time.

For reference, on January 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 66%, while on July 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 61%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in Brest

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerMar 141%Mar 141%May 3151%May 3151%Apr 148%Apr 148%May 149%May 149%clearmostly clearpartly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Brest, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 29% and ending it at 22%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 42% on December 30, and its lowest chance is 16% on July 31.

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in Brest

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%WinterSummerMar 129%Mar 129%May 3122%May 3122%Apr 128%Apr 128%May 126%May 126%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 spring in Brest is decreasing, starting the season at 2.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.0 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 1.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.8 inches or falls below 0.4 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in Brest

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay0 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 inWinterSummerMar 12.1 inMar 12.1 inMay 311.5 inMay 311.5 inApr 11.8 inApr 11.8 inMay 11.7 inMay 11.7 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of the spring in Brest, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 4 hours, 45 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 8 seconds, and weekly increase of 21 minutes, 57 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 4 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 15 hours, 49 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in Brest

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrWinterSummerMar 2012 hr, 8 minMar 2012 hr, 8 minnightnightdaydayMay 114 hr, 35 minMay 114 hr, 35 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Brest is 7:58 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 37 minutes earlier at 6:21 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 7:02 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 3 hours, 8 minutes later at 10:10 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 3:00 AM on March 31, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:16 AM and sets 16 hours, 7 minutes later, at 10:22 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:06 AM and sets 8 hours, 19 minutes later, at 5:25 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Spring in Brest

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM2 AMWinterSummer6:21 AM6:21 AMMay 3110:10 PMMay 3110:10 PM7:58 AM7:58 AMMar 17:02 PMMar 17:02 PM7:55 AM7:55 AMApr 18:49 PMApr 18:49 PM6:58 AM6:58 AMMay 19:32 PMMay 19:32 PMMar 31DSTMar 31DSTSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the spring. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the 'DST' labels.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in Brest

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummer00102030405060010102030405060
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the spring of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the spring 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in Brest

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerFeb 1012:00 AMFeb 1012:00 AMFeb 241:31 PMFeb 241:31 PMMar 1010:01 AMMar 1010:01 AMMar 258:01 AMMar 258:01 AMApr 88:22 PMApr 88:22 PMApr 241:50 AMApr 241:50 AMMay 85:23 AMMay 85:23 AMMay 233:54 PMMay 233:54 PMJun 62:38 PMJun 62:38 PMJun 223:09 AMJun 223:09 AM8:49 AM8:49 AM5:46 PM5:46 PM5:43 PM5:43 PM8:31 AM8:31 AM7:56 AM7:56 AM7:38 PM7:38 PM6:55 PM6:55 PM7:19 AM7:19 AM7:33 AM7:33 AM8:57 PM8:57 PM9:08 PM9:08 PM7:09 AM7:09 AM6:36 AM6:36 AM10:46 PM10:46 PM6:27 AM6:27 AM11:00 PM11:00 PM5:57 AM5:57 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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 Brest is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 10, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% of the time, while on October 22, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in Brest

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%WinterSummerMar 10%Mar 10%May 310%May 310%Apr 10%Apr 10%May 10%May 10%comfortablecomfortabledrydryhumidhumid
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Brest is rapidly decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 15.1 miles per hour to 12.3 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 17.1 miles per hour, while on August 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.9 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in Brest

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay0 mph0 mph5 mph5 mph10 mph10 mph15 mph15 mph20 mph20 mph25 mph25 mphWinterSummerMar 115.1 mphMar 115.1 mphMay 3112.3 mphMay 3112.3 mphApr 114.8 mphApr 114.8 mphMay 113.4 mphMay 113.4 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Brest during the spring is predominantly out of the west from March 1 to April 14 and from May 6 to May 31 and the north from April 14 to May 6.

Wind Direction in the Spring in Brest

Wind Direction in the Spring in BrestWNWMarAprMay0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%WinterSummerwestsoutheastnorth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Brest 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 Brest is increasing during the spring, rising by 6°F, from 50°F to 56°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the spring is 50°F on March 4.

Average Water Temperature in the Spring in Brest

Average Water Temperature in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay48°F48°F50°F50°F52°F52°F54°F54°F56°F56°F58°F58°F60°F60°F62°F62°FWinterSummerMar 450°FMar 450°FMay 3156°FMay 3156°FApr 151°FApr 151°FMay 153°FMay 153°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Brest typically lasts for 10.0 months (303 days), from around February 17 to around December 15, rarely starting after March 18, or ending before November 19.

The spring in Brest is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly increasing from 72% to 100% over the course of the season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Brest

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Brestgrowing seasonMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummer72%Mar 172%Mar 1100%May 31100%May 3198%Apr 198%Apr 1100%May 1100%May 150%Feb 1750%Feb 17very coldcoldcoolfreezing
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 Brest are increasing during the spring, increasing by 265°F, from 34°F to 299°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in Brest

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay50°F50°F100°F100°F150°F150°F200°F200°F250°F250°F300°F300°F350°F350°F400°F400°FWinterSummerMar 134°FMar 134°FMay 31299°FMay 31299°FApr 167°FApr 167°FMay 1139°FMay 1139°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the spring, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Brest is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 3.9 kWh, from 2.6 kWh to 6.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in Brest

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in BrestMarAprMay0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhWinterSummerMar 12.6 kWhMar 12.6 kWhMay 316.5 kWhMay 316.5 kWhApr 14.1 kWhApr 14.1 kWhMay 15.5 kWhMay 15.5 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Brest are 48.400 deg latitude, -4.483 deg longitude, and 194 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Brest contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 384 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 164 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (561 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,273 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Brest is covered by artificial surfaces (84%), within 10 miles by cropland (50%) and water (23%), and within 50 miles by water (64%) and cropland (25%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Brest, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Brest.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Brest according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Brest is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Brest and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Brest and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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