Spring Weather in Cerritos Mexico

Daily high temperatures increase by 6°F, from 83°F to 89°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 99°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 90°F on May 9.

Daily low temperatures increase by 12°F, from 52°F to 65°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 69°F.

For reference, on May 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Cerritos typically range from 63°F to 90°F, while on January 7, the coldest day of the year, they range from 47°F to 75°F.

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.

Grootfontein, Namibia (8,496 miles away) and Zvishavane, Zimbabwe (9,264 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Cerritos (view comparison).

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The spring in Cerritos experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 37% throughout the season. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 32% on May 22.

The clearest day of the spring is May 22, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 68% of the time.

For reference, on September 14, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 72%, while on May 22, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 68%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Cerritos, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 5% and ending it at 29%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 41% on July 4, and its lowest chance is 3% on December 12.

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 Cerritos is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.1 inches, and ending the season at 2.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.2 inches or falls below 0.3 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.3 inches on March 5.

Over the course of the spring in Cerritos, 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, 42 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 7 seconds, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 49 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 43 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 13 hours, 25 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Cerritos is 7:01 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 5 minutes earlier at 5:56 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:45 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 36 minutes later at 7:21 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Cerritos during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:57 AM and sets 13 hours, 31 minutes later, at 7:28 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:16 AM and sets 10 hours, 46 minutes later, at 6:02 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 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.

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 Cerritos is rapidly increasing during the spring, rising from 0% to 13% over the course of the season.

For reference, on June 2, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 13% of the time, while on January 7, 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 Cerritos is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 8.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on June 26, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.6 miles per hour, while on November 5, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.5 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Cerritos throughout the spring is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 75% on May 31.

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 Cerritos over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 4, with a 72% 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 Cerritos are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,960°F, from 731°F to 2,691°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 Cerritos is increasing during the spring, rising by 1.4 kWh, from 6.1 kWh to 7.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Cerritos are 22.428 deg latitude, -100.285 deg longitude, and 3,757 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Cerritos contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 499 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,772 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,477 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,263 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Cerritos is covered by shrubs (54%), grassland (23%), and artificial surfaces (16%), within 10 miles by shrubs (59%) and trees (31%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (72%) and trees (18%).