Average Weather in Kibre Mengist Ethiopia

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In Kibre Mengist, the wet season is mostly cloudy, the dry season is partly cloudy, and it is warm year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 53°F to 84°F and is rarely below 50°F or above 88°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

In Kibre Mengist, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Kibre Mengist begins around August 7 and lasts for 7.4 months, ending around March 18. On December 9, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 51% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 49% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 18 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around August 7. On April 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 78% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 22% of the time.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Kibre Mengist varies very significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 7.0 months, from March 28 to October 29, with a greater than 34% chance of a given day being a wet day. The chance of a wet day peaks at 61% on April 29.

The drier season lasts 5.0 months, from October 29 to March 28. The smallest chance of a wet day is 5% on January 15.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 61% on April 29.

Rainfall

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Kibre Mengist experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 10 months, from February 10 to December 24, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The most rain falls during the 31 days centered around April 27, with an average total accumulation of 6.2 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 1.5 months, from December 24 to February 10. The least rain falls around January 11, with an average total accumulation of 0.4 inches.

The length of the day in Kibre Mengist does not vary substantially over the course of the year, staying within 27 minutes of 12 hours throughout. In 2017, the shortest day is December 21, with 11 hours, 47 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 12 hours, 28 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise is at 6:08 AM on May 24, and the latest sunrise is 33 minutes later at 6:41 AM on February 2. The earliest sunset is at 6:04 PM on November 10, and the latest sunset is 39 minutes later at 6:42 PM on July 16.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in Kibre Mengist during 2017.

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 perceived humidity level in Kibre Mengist, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining a virtually constant 0% throughout.

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 Kibre Mengist experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 5.0 months, from November 11 to April 10, with average wind speeds of more than 2.7 miles per hour. The windiest day of the year is March 3, with an average hourly wind speed of 3.4 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 7.0 months, from April 10 to November 11. The calmest day of the year is September 30, with an average hourly wind speed of 2.1 miles per hour.

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Kibre Mengist varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the south for 5.2 months, from May 4 to October 9, with a peak percentage of 94% on June 23. The wind is most often from the east for 6.8 months, from October 9 to May 4, with a peak percentage of 76% on January 1.

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 experiences some seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 1.8 months, from January 30 to March 24, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.0 kWh. The brightest day of the year is March 2, with an average of 7.4 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.5 months, from May 31 to August 17, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 5.9 kWh. The darkest day of the year is July 18, with an average of 5.6 kWh.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kibre Mengist are 5.883 deg latitude, 38.983 deg longitude, and 5,623 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kibre Mengist contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 354 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 5,580 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,337 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (7,726 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kibre Mengist is covered by cropland (96%), within 10 miles by trees (42%) and grassland (30%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (32%) and trees (26%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Kibre Mengist, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Kibre Mengist is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Kibre Mengist, according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets , by Jean Meeus.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for aiports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © Esri, with data from National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, and iPC.