Winter Weather in Bushenyi Uganda

Daily high temperatures are around 79°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 84°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 80°F on July 22.

Daily low temperatures are around 61°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 64°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 62°F on August 2.

For reference, on February 11, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Bushenyi typically range from 61°F to 80°F, while on November 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 60°F to 75°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.

Nátaga, Colombia (7,332 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Bushenyi (view comparison).

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The winter in Bushenyi experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 68% to 52%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 47% on August 14.

The clearest day of the winter is August 14, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 52% of the time.

For reference, on April 19, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83%, while on August 13, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 52%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Bushenyi, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 23% and ending it at 37%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 66% on April 26, and its lowest chance is 10% on July 3.

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 winter in Bushenyi is increasing, starting the season at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.3 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the season at 2.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.3 inches or falls below 0.8 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.7 inches on June 29.

Over the course of the winter in Bushenyi, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the winter is July 2, with 12 hours, 5 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 31, with 12 hours, 6 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in Bushenyi is 6:54 AM on June 1 and the latest sunrise is 9 minutes later at 7:03 AM on July 26.

The earliest sunset is 6:59 PM on June 1 and the latest sunset is 9 minutes later at 7:08 PM on July 25.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Bushenyi during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:52 AM and sets 12 hours, 9 minutes later, at 7:02 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:58 AM and sets 12 hours, 6 minutes later, at 7:03 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 Bushenyi is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 2% of 2% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 0% on July 17.

For reference, on April 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 14% of the time, while on July 17, 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 Bushenyi is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 5.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 4, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour, while on October 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.3 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 5.7 miles per hour on July 4.

The hourly average wind direction in Bushenyi throughout the winter is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 58% on August 31.

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 Bushenyi 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 Bushenyi are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 5,037°F, from 6,271°F to 1,234°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 Bushenyi is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 5.8 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 6.0 kWh on July 19.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Bushenyi are -0.537 deg latitude, 30.186 deg longitude, and 5,272 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Bushenyi contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 440 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 5,300 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,926 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,653 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Bushenyi is covered by cropland (65%) and shrubs (32%), within 10 miles by cropland (81%) and shrubs (10%), and within 50 miles by cropland (38%) and grassland (26%).