Spring Weather in San Miguel Canoa MexicoDaily high temperatures are around 71°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 80°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 74°F on May 9. Daily low temperatures increase by 8°F, from 41°F to 49°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 53°F. For reference, on May 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in San Miguel Canoa typically range from 48°F to 74°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from 37°F to 64°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. Arani, Bolivia (3,358 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to San Miguel Canoa (view comparison). CloudsThe spring in San Miguel Canoa experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 30% to 66%. The clearest day of the spring is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 70% of the time. For reference, on September 14, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 87%, while on February 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 71%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In San Miguel Canoa, 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 49%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 75% on June 25, and its lowest chance is 3% on December 12. RainfallTo 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 San Miguel Canoa is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.8 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 3.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.8 inches or falls below 1.2 inches. SunOver the course of the spring in San Miguel Canoa, 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, 26 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 56 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 35 seconds. The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 47 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 13 hours, 12 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the spring in San Miguel Canoa is 6:51 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 57 minutes earlier at 5:54 AM on May 31. The earliest sunset is 6:38 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 28 minutes later at 7:06 PM on May 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in San Miguel Canoa during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:55 AM and sets 13 hours, 17 minutes later, at 7:12 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:01 AM and sets 10 hours, 59 minutes later, at 6:00 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. MoonThe 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. HumidityWe 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 San Miguel Canoa is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on September 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time. WindThis 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 San Miguel Canoa is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 6.7 miles per hour to 5.2 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on March 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.8 miles per hour, while on May 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.1 miles per hour. The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 6.8 miles per hour on March 7. The lowest daily average wind speed during the spring is 5.1 miles per hour on May 19. The wind direction in San Miguel Canoa during the spring is predominantly out of the south from March 1 to May 17 and the east from May 17 to May 31. Growing SeasonDefinitions 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 San Miguel Canoa typically lasts for 9.5 months (287 days), from around February 20 to around December 3, rarely starting after March 22, or ending before October 31. The spring in San Miguel Canoa 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 63% to 100% over the course of the 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 San Miguel Canoa are rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 872°F, from 288°F to 1,160°F, over the course of the season. Solar EnergyThis 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 San Miguel Canoa is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.3 kWh of 7.0 kWh throughout. The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 7.3 kWh on March 31. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of San Miguel Canoa are 19.152 deg latitude, -98.103 deg longitude, and 8,517 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of San Miguel Canoa contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,237 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 8,541 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (7,530 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (14,295 feet). The area within 2 miles of San Miguel Canoa is covered by cropland (82%) and shrubs (14%), within 10 miles by cropland (43%) and trees (20%), and within 50 miles by cropland (45%) and trees (20%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in San Miguel Canoa, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere is only a single weather station, Hermanos Serdán International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of San Miguel Canoa. At a distance of 28 kilometers from San Miguel Canoa, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and San Miguel Canoa according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis. Other DataAll 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 . 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