Average Weather in Ifatsy Madagascar

In Ifatsy, the summers are long, hot, oppressive, wet, and mostly cloudy and the winters are short, comfortable, and clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 64°F to 86°F and is rarely below 62°F or above 90°F.

The hot season lasts for 4.5 months, from November 13 to March 29, with an average daily high temperature above 83°F. The hottest day of the year is January 19, with an average high of 86°F and low of 75°F.

The cool season lasts for 2.9 months, from June 6 to September 2, with an average daily high temperature below 77°F. The coldest day of the year is August 11, with an average low of 64°F and high of 75°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.

Average Hourly Temperature

The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands: frigid < 15°F < freezing < 32°F < chilly < 45°F < cold < 55°F < cool < 65°F < comfortable < 75°F < warm < 85°F < hot < 95°F < sweltering. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Clouds

In Ifatsy, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Ifatsy begins around April 5 and lasts for 7.4 months, ending around November 18. On August 19, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 94% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 6% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 18 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around April 5. On January 13, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 69% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 31% of the time.

Cloud Cover

The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds: clear < 20% < mostly clear < 40% < partly cloudy < 60% < mostly cloudy < 80% < overcast.

Precipitation

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

The wetter season lasts 4.8 months, from November 18 to April 13, with a greater than 40% chance of a given day being a wet day. The chance of a wet day peaks at 69% on January 30.

The drier season lasts 7.2 months, from April 13 to November 18. The smallest chance of a wet day is 11% on September 9.

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 69% on January 30.

Daily Chance of Precipitation

The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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. Ifatsy experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year in Ifatsy. The most rain falls during the 31 days centered around February 18, with an average total accumulation of 11.6 inches.

The least rain falls around September 4, with an average total accumulation of 1.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average liquid-equivalent snowfall.

Sun

The length of the day in Ifatsy varies over the course of the year. In 2017, the shortest day is June 21, with 10 hours, 46 minutes of daylight; the longest day is December 21, with 13 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise is at 4:55 AM on November 28, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 34 minutes later at 6:29 AM on July 4. The earliest sunset is at 5:11 PM on June 6, and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 27 minutes later at 6:38 PM on January 14.

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

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight

The solar day over the course of the year 2017. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

Humidity

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.

Ifatsy experiences extreme seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 8.8 months, from September 22 to June 15, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 34% of the time. The muggiest day of the year is January 28, with muggy conditions 100% of the time.

The least muggy day of the year is August 14, with muggy conditions 12% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels

The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point: dry < 55°F < comfortable < 60°F < humid < 65°F < muggy < 70°F < oppressive < 75°F < miserable.

Wind

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 Ifatsy does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 3.6 miles per hour throughout.

Average Wind Speed

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Ifatsy is from the east throughout the year.

Wind Direction

The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions (north, east, south, and west), excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Water Temperature

Ifatsy is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average water temperature experiences some seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The time of year with warmer water lasts for 3.7 months, from January 1 to April 21, with an average temperature above 81°F. The day of the year with the warmest water is February 15, with an average temperature of 82°F.

The time of year with cooler water lasts for 3.9 months, from July 6 to November 2, with an average temperature below 76°F. The day of the year with the coolest water is August 28, with an average temperature of 75°F.

Average Water Temperature

The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Solar Energy

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 significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.9 months, from September 28 to January 25, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 6.4 kWh. The brightest day of the year is November 13, with an average of 7.0 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.9 months, from May 8 to August 5, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.5 kWh. The darkest day of the year is July 1, with an average of 3.8 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy

The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Topography

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ifatsy are -22.400 deg latitude, 47.750 deg longitude, and 62 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ifatsy contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 338 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 72 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (581 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (6,345 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ifatsy is covered by trees (71%) and cropland (22%), within 10 miles by trees (56%) and cropland (20%), and within 50 miles by water (43%) and trees (31%).

Data Sources

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

Ifatsy 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 Ifatsy, 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.