Summer Weather in Chipoka Malawi

Daily high temperatures are around 87°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 94°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 85°F on January 27.

Daily low temperatures are around 75°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 80°F.

For reference, on October 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Chipoka typically range from 75°F to 91°F, while on July 4, the coldest day of the year, they range from 60°F to 79°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.

Venustiano Carranza, Mexico (9,271 miles away); Nicolás Bravo, Mexico (8,696 miles); and Chiang Kham, Thailand (5,041 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Chipoka (view comparison).

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The summer in Chipoka experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 64% to 72%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83% on January 15.

The clearest day of the summer is December 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 36% of the time.

For reference, on January 15, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83%, while on June 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 92%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Chipoka, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 48% and ending it at 59%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 77% on January 17, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 24.

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 Chipoka is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 5.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.7 inches or falls below 1.7 inches, and ending the season at 7.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.5 inches or falls below 3.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 10.4 inches on January 13.

Over the course of the summer in Chipoka, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 31 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 21 seconds, and weekly decrease of 2 minutes, 27 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is February 28, with 12 hours, 22 minutes of daylight and the longest day is December 20, with 12 hours, 57 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Chipoka is 5:04 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 39 minutes later at 5:43 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:57 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 20 minutes later at 6:17 PM on January 22.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Chipoka during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:11 AM and sets 12 hours, 57 minutes later, at 6:08 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:04 AM and sets 11 hours, 18 minutes later, at 5:22 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 Chipoka is very rapidly increasing during the summer, rising from 62% to 91% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 96% on January 23.

For reference, on January 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 96% of the time, while on July 12, 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 Chipoka is decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 8.5 miles per hour to 6.7 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on October 13, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.7 miles per hour, while on February 7, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.4 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 6.4 miles per hour on February 7.

The hourly average wind direction in Chipoka throughout the summer is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 60% on December 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).

Temperatures in Chipoka 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 Chipoka are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,653°F, from 4,151°F to 6,804°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 Chipoka is gradually decreasing during the summer, falling by 0.7 kWh, from 6.4 kWh to 5.7 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 5.2 kWh on January 25.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Chipoka are -13.993 deg latitude, 34.516 deg longitude, and 1,585 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Chipoka contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 167 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,589 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,228 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,623 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Chipoka is covered by water (41%), cropland (34%), and shrubs (23%), within 10 miles by water (36%) and cropland (25%), and within 50 miles by cropland (39%) and water (28%).