Winter Weather in Figuig (Centre) Morocco

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 62°F to 66°F, rarely falling below 50°F or exceeding 75°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 58°F on January 7.

Daily low temperatures are around 42°F, rarely falling below 33°F or exceeding 53°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 39°F on January 12.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Figuig (Centre) typically range from 80°F to 102°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from 39°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.

Spring Valley, United States (6,088 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Figuig (Centre) (view comparison).

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The winter in Figuig (Centre) experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 27% throughout the season. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 25% on February 2.

The clearest day of the winter is February 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 75% of the time.

For reference, on October 12, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 38%, while on July 20, 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 Figuig (Centre), the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is essentially constant, remaining around 5% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 9% on October 7, and its lowest chance is 1% on July 21.

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 Figuig (Centre) is essentially constant, remaining about 0.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.5 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.4 inches on February 12.

Over the course of the winter in Figuig (Centre), 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, 17 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 52 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 2 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 10 hours, 3 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 29 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Figuig (Centre) is 8:06 AM on January 8 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 33 minutes earlier at 6:33 AM on February 28.

The latest sunset is 6:57 PM on February 22 and the earliest sunset is 59 minutes earlier at 5:57 PM on February 23.

Daylight saving time is observed in Figuig (Centre) 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 5:58 AM and sets 14 hours, 15 minutes later, at 8:14 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:01 AM and sets 10 hours, 3 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 Figuig (Centre) is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on October 28, 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 Figuig (Centre) is increasing during the winter, increasing from 7.8 miles per hour to 9.1 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on May 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.2 miles per hour, while on October 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Figuig (Centre) throughout the winter is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 47% on January 14.

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 Figuig (Centre) typically lasts for 12 months (355 days), from around January 15 to around January 5, rarely starting after February 19, or ending before December 5.

The winter in Figuig (Centre) is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of 48% on January 12.

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 Figuig (Centre) are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 6,398°F, from 6,620°F to 223°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 Figuig (Centre) is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising by 1.8 kWh, from 3.6 kWh to 5.4 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 3.5 kWh on December 17.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Figuig (Centre) are 32.109 deg latitude, -1.229 deg longitude, and 2,946 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Figuig (Centre) contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 781 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,901 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,503 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (4,977 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Figuig (Centre) is covered by bare soil (58%), artificial surfaces (19%), and sparse vegetation (12%), within 10 miles by bare soil (90%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (83%) and sparse vegetation (16%).