Spring Weather in Gimbi Ethiopia

Daily high temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 82°F to 74°F, rarely falling below 69°F or exceeding 90°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 83°F on March 19.

Daily low temperatures are around 58°F, rarely falling below 53°F or exceeding 62°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 59°F on April 17.

For reference, on March 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gimbi typically range from 59°F to 83°F, while on December 20, the coldest day of the year, they range from 51°F to 75°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.

Los Planes, Honduras (8,276 miles away); Volcán, Panama (8,035 miles); and Guateque, Colombia (7,480 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Gimbi (view comparison).

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The spring in Gimbi experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 61% to 72%.

The clearest day of the spring is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 39% of the time.

For reference, on July 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 84%, while on December 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 54%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gimbi, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 14% and ending it at 75%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 88% on August 6, and its lowest chance is 4% on December 27.

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 Gimbi is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.9 inches, and ending the season at 7.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.7 inches or falls below 3.4 inches.

Over the course of the spring in Gimbi, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 40 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 26 seconds, and weekly increase of 3 minutes, 5 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 57 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Gimbi is 6:50 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 35 minutes earlier at 6:15 AM on May 27.

The earliest sunset is 6:46 PM on April 15 and the latest sunset is 7 minutes later at 6:53 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Gimbi during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:18 AM and sets 12 hours, 40 minutes later, at 6:58 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:47 AM and sets 11 hours, 35 minutes later, at 6:22 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 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 Gimbi is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on May 13, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 Gimbi is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 4.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour, while on September 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 4.6 miles per hour on April 18. The lowest daily average wind speed during the spring is 3.9 miles per hour on May 30.

The wind direction in Gimbi during the spring is predominantly out of the north from March 1 to April 22, the south from April 22 to May 6, and the west from May 6 to May 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 Gimbi 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 Gimbi are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,703°F, from 974°F to 2,677°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 Gimbi is decreasing during the spring, falling by 1.4 kWh, from 6.4 kWh to 5.0 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 6.6 kWh on March 29.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gimbi are 9.170 deg latitude, 35.835 deg longitude, and 6,496 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gimbi contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,112 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6,295 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,068 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,437 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gimbi is covered by cropland (100%), within 10 miles by cropland (93%), and within 50 miles by cropland (50%) and grassland (36%).