Winter Weather in Nguigmi Niger

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 88°F to 93°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 103°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 82°F on January 2.

Daily low temperatures are around 60°F, rarely falling below 49°F or exceeding 72°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 55°F on January 3.

For reference, on May 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Nguigmi typically range from 80°F to 107°F, while on January 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 55°F to 82°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.

Māndal, India (3,877 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Nguigmi (view comparison).

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The winter in Nguigmi 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 30% on January 6.

The clearest day of the winter is January 6, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 70% of the time.

For reference, on August 25, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56%, while on January 6, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

Over the course of the winter in Nguigmi, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 30 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 20 seconds, and weekly increase of 2 minutes, 23 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 11 hours, 17 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 51 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in Nguigmi is 6:16 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 20 minutes later at 6:36 AM on January 22.

The earliest sunset is 5:37 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 39 minutes later at 6:15 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Nguigmi during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:40 AM and sets 12 hours, 58 minutes later, at 6:38 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:27 AM and sets 11 hours, 17 minutes later, at 5:44 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 Nguigmi is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 95% of the time, while on November 29, 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 Nguigmi is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 11.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.3 miles per hour, while on September 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.1 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 12.3 miles per hour on February 17.

The hourly average wind direction in Nguigmi throughout the winter is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 73% on December 30.

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).

Temperatures in Nguigmi are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

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 Nguigmi are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 8,874°F, from 10,080°F to 1,206°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 Nguigmi is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.0 kWh, from 5.6 kWh to 6.6 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 5.4 kWh on December 20.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Nguigmi are 14.250 deg latitude, 13.109 deg longitude, and 942 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Nguigmi is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 89 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 950 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (266 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (394 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Nguigmi is covered by bare soil (67%) and grassland (22%), within 10 miles by bare soil (66%) and sparse vegetation (16%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (54%) and grassland (28%).