Spring Weather in Belforte ItalyDaily high temperatures increase by 24°F, from 48°F to 72°F, rarely falling below 38°F or exceeding 81°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 20°F, from 35°F to 55°F, rarely falling below 27°F or exceeding 61°F. For reference, on August 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Belforte typically range from 63°F to 83°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 32°F to 42°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. Cascade Locks, United States (5,661 miles away); Quincy, United States (5,974 miles); and Mountain City, United States (4,730 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Belforte (view comparison). CloudsThe spring in Belforte experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 50% to 39%. The clearest day of the spring is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 61% of the time. For reference, on December 5, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 60%, while on July 20, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 83%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Belforte, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is gradually increasing, starting the season at 22% and ending it at 25%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 31% on November 15, and its lowest chance is 14% on July 16. Over the course of the spring in Belforte, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 20% to 25%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain decreases from 2% to 0%, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout. 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 Belforte is essentially constant, remaining about 1.9 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.6 inches or falling below 0.4 inches. The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.1 inches on April 12. SnowfallAs with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day. The average sliding 31-day snowfall during the spring in Belforte is decreasing, starting the season at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.4 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at -0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches. SunOver the course of the spring in Belforte, 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, 0 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 38 seconds, and weekly increase of 18 minutes, 27 seconds. The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 13 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 15 hours, 13 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the spring in Belforte is 6:53 AM on March 31 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 21 minutes earlier at 5:32 AM on May 31. The earliest sunset is 5:59 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 45 minutes later at 8:44 PM on May 31. Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 3:00 AM on March 31, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:28 AM and sets 15 hours, 27 minutes later, at 8:55 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:41 AM and sets 8 hours, 55 minutes later, at 4:36 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 Belforte is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout. For reference, on August 5, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 9% of the time, while on October 31, 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 Belforte is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 9.0 miles per hour to 7.1 miles per hour over the course of the season. For reference, on February 3, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.3 miles per hour, while on August 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.3 miles per hour. The wind direction in Belforte during the spring is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to March 28 and from April 11 to April 29, the south from March 28 to April 11, and the west from April 29 to May 31. Water TemperatureBelforte 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 Belforte is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 17°F, from 51°F to 68°F, over the course of the season. 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 Belforte typically lasts for 8.0 months (246 days), from around March 20 to around November 21, rarely starting before February 28 or after April 11, and rarely ending before November 1 or after December 13. During the spring in Belforte, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 12% 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 Belforte are rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 468°F, from 7°F to 475°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 Belforte is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 3.6 kWh, from 3.3 kWh to 6.9 kWh, over the course of the season. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Belforte are 43.717 deg latitude, 12.376 deg longitude, and 1,135 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Belforte contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,591 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,516 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,124 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (5,636 feet). The area within 2 miles of Belforte is covered by cropland (54%) and trees (43%), within 10 miles by trees (51%) and cropland (40%), and within 50 miles by cropland (43%) and trees (34%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Belforte, 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 are 4 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Belforte. For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Belforte 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 Belforte is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Belforte 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 Belforte 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 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 . 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. DisclaimerThe information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. We assume no responsibility for any decisions made on the basis of the content presented on this site. We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands. We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader. Please review our full terms contained on our Terms of Service page. |