Spring Weather in Kikuyu Kenya

Daily high temperatures are around 72°F, rarely falling below 65°F or exceeding 78°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 74°F on October 4.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 51°F to 55°F, rarely falling below 47°F or exceeding 58°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 56°F on November 16.

For reference, on February 29, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kikuyu typically range from 55°F to 77°F, while on July 13, the coldest day of the year, they range from 51°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.

Chimhucum, Mexico (8,830 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Kikuyu (view comparison).

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The spring in Kikuyu experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 44% to 62%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 44% on September 1.

The clearest day of the spring is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 56% of the time.

For reference, on April 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 75%, while on September 1, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 56%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kikuyu, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 7% and ending it at 32%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 50% on April 24, and its lowest chance is 4% 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 spring in Kikuyu is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.7 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 2.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.4 inches on November 14.

Over the course of the spring in Kikuyu, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the spring is September 1, with 12 hours, 5 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 30, with 12 hours, 11 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Kikuyu is 6:30 AM on September 1 and the earliest sunrise is 19 minutes earlier at 6:12 AM on November 5.

The latest sunset is 6:35 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 14 minutes earlier at 6:21 PM on October 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Kikuyu during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:25 AM and sets 12 hours, 12 minutes later, at 6:37 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:33 AM and sets 12 hours, 3 minutes later, at 6:36 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 Kikuyu is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 9, 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 Kikuyu is rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing from 8.1 miles per hour to 10.4 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on December 3, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on June 16, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Kikuyu throughout the spring is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 98% on November 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 Kikuyu 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 Kikuyu are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,116°F, from 555°F to 1,670°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 Kikuyu is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.3 kWh of 6.9 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 7.2 kWh on October 4.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kikuyu are -1.246 deg latitude, 36.663 deg longitude, and 6,713 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kikuyu contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 679 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6,595 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,887 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (10,758 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kikuyu is covered by trees (48%), cropland (35%), and artificial surfaces (11%), within 10 miles by cropland (38%) and trees (29%), and within 50 miles by grassland (31%) and shrubs (24%).