Spring Weather in Pampierstad South Africa

Daily high temperatures increase by 11°F, from 77°F to 88°F, rarely falling below 66°F or exceeding 96°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 14°F, from 48°F to 62°F, rarely falling below 38°F or exceeding 69°F.

For reference, on December 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Pampierstad typically range from 65°F to 91°F, while on June 28, the coldest day of the year, they range from 39°F to 67°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.

Cuencamé, Mexico (9,268 miles away); Chilecito, Argentina (5,437 miles); and Gatton, Australia (7,279 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Pampierstad (view comparison).

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The spring in Pampierstad experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 16% to 25%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 29% on October 22.

The clearest day of the spring is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 84% of the time.

For reference, on October 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 29%, while on July 16, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 90%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Pampierstad, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 4% and ending it at 27%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on February 4, and its lowest chance is 1% on July 14.

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 Pampierstad is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.0 inches, and ending the season at 2.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.1 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

Over the course of the spring in Pampierstad, 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 2 hours, 12 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 28 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 17 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is September 1, with 11 hours, 33 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 30, with 13 hours, 46 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Pampierstad is 6:34 AM on September 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 17 minutes earlier at 5:17 AM on November 30.

The earliest sunset is 6:08 PM on September 1 and the latest sunset is 55 minutes later at 7:02 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Pampierstad during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:22 AM and sets 13 hours, 54 minutes later, at 7:16 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:11 AM and sets 10 hours, 23 minutes later, at 5:34 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 Pampierstad is gradually increasing during the spring, rising from 0% to 3% over the course of the season.

For reference, on February 3, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 12% of the time, while on May 15, 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 Pampierstad is gradually decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 9.9 miles per hour to 9.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on September 11, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.9 miles per hour, while on March 7, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.8 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 9.9 miles per hour on September 11.

The hourly average wind direction in Pampierstad throughout the spring is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 41% on September 1.

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 Pampierstad typically lasts for 9.8 months (298 days), from around August 11 to around June 5, rarely starting after September 7, or ending before May 12.

The spring in Pampierstad is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season increasing from 86% 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 Pampierstad are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,806°F, from 513°F to 2,318°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 Pampierstad is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 2.4 kWh, from 5.8 kWh to 8.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Pampierstad are -27.783 deg latitude, 24.688 deg longitude, and 3,537 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Pampierstad contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 292 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,550 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (778 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,745 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Pampierstad is covered by grassland (37%), bare soil (25%), artificial surfaces (22%), and shrubs (11%), within 10 miles by cropland (36%) and shrubs (32%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (55%) and grassland (24%).