Summer Weather in Mokopane South Africa

Daily high temperatures are around 83°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 91°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 84°F on February 10.

Daily low temperatures are around 64°F, rarely falling below 57°F or exceeding 69°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 65°F on January 20.

For reference, on February 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Mokopane typically range from 65°F to 84°F, while on July 7, the coldest day of the year, they range from 42°F to 69°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average summer 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.

General Cepeda, Mexico (9,358 miles away); Chilecito, Argentina (5,791 miles); and Casino, Australia (7,224 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Mokopane (view comparison).

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The summer in Mokopane experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 44% to 28%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 45% on December 11.

The clearest day of the summer is February 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 72% of the time.

For reference, on December 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 45%, while on July 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 95%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Mokopane, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 44% and ending it at 28%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 44% on December 1, and its lowest chance is 1% on July 19.

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 summer in Mokopane is decreasing, starting the season at 2.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches or falls below 1.5 inches, and ending the season at 2.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.8 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

Over the course of the summer in Mokopane, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 56 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 38 seconds, and weekly decrease of 4 minutes, 24 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is February 28, with 12 hours, 35 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 21, with 13 hours, 38 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Mokopane is 5:07 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 51 minutes later at 5:58 AM on February 28.

The latest sunset is 6:57 PM on January 12 and the earliest sunset is 23 minutes earlier at 6:34 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Mokopane during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:13 AM and sets 13 hours, 38 minutes later, at 6:51 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:46 AM and sets 10 hours, 38 minutes later, at 5:24 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 summer 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 Mokopane is gradually increasing during the summer, rising from 2% to 4% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 7% on January 29.

For reference, on January 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 7% of the time, while on April 23, 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 Mokopane is gradually decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 7.6 miles per hour to 6.9 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on October 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.3 miles per hour, while on May 9, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.9 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Mokopane throughout the summer is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 66% on February 19.

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 Mokopane 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 Mokopane are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,072°F, from 2,356°F to 4,428°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 Mokopane is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.3 kWh of 7.3 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 7.6 kWh on December 31.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Mokopane are -24.194 deg latitude, 29.010 deg longitude, and 3,665 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Mokopane contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 764 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,681 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,585 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (4,157 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Mokopane is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) and trees (31%), within 10 miles by shrubs (38%) and cropland (27%), and within 50 miles by cropland (33%) and bare soil (30%).