Average Weather in Burgos Spain

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In Burgos, the summers are short, warm, dry, and mostly clear and the winters are long, chilly, windy, and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 30°F to 81°F and is rarely below 22°F or above 91°F.

The warm season lasts for 2.8 months, from June 19 to September 12, with an average daily high temperature above 74°F. The hottest day of the year is August 3, with an average high of 81°F and low of 54°F.

The cold season lasts for 3.8 months, from November 13 to March 8, with an average daily high temperature below 52°F. The coldest day of the year is February 5, with an average low of 30°F and high of 46°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 Burgos, 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 Burgos begins around June 7 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around September 21. On July 20, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 81% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 19% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 21 and lasts for 8.5 months, ending around June 7. On November 26, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 66% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 34% 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 Burgos varies throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 8.6 months, from September 27 to June 15, with a greater than 17% chance of a given day being a wet day. The chance of a wet day peaks at 27% on April 11.

The drier season lasts 3.4 months, from June 15 to September 27. The smallest chance of a wet day is 7% on August 4.

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 26% on April 11.

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. Burgos experiences some seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year in Burgos. The most rain falls during the 31 days centered around November 3, with an average total accumulation of 1.9 inches.

The least rain falls around July 28, with an average total accumulation of 0.6 inches.

Snowfall

The sliding 31-day liquid-equivalent quantity of snowfall in Burgos does not vary significantly over the course of the year, staying within 0.1 inches of 0.1 inches throughout.

The length of the day in Burgos varies significantly over the course of the year. In 2017, the shortest day is December 21, with 9 hours, 5 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 15 hours, 17 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise is at 6:37 AM on June 14, and the latest sunrise is 2 hours, 7 minutes later at 8:44 AM on January 3. The earliest sunset is at 5:42 PM on December 7, and the latest sunset is 4 hours, 14 minutes later at 9:55 PM on June 26.

Daylight saving time (DST) is observed in Burgos during 2017, starting in the spring on March 26, lasting 7.1 months, and ending in the fall on October 29.

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 Burgos, 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 Burgos experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 7.0 months, from October 7 to May 8, with average wind speeds of more than 5.0 miles per hour. The windiest day of the year is December 27, with an average hourly wind speed of 5.8 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 5.0 months, from May 8 to October 7. The calmest day of the year is August 28, with an average hourly wind speed of 4.3 miles per hour.

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

The wind is most often from the north for 7.1 months, from February 25 to September 29, with a peak percentage of 41% on July 24. The wind is most often from the south for 1.1 months, from September 29 to November 2, with a peak percentage of 36% on October 27. The wind is most often from the west for 3.8 months, from November 2 to February 25, with a peak percentage of 37% 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 extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.2 months, from May 15 to August 21, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 6.6 kWh. The brightest day of the year is July 6, with an average of 7.9 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.5 months, from October 28 to February 15, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 2.9 kWh. The darkest day of the year is December 22, with an average of 1.6 kWh.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Burgos are 42.341 deg latitude, -3.702 deg longitude, and 2,900 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Burgos contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 407 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,906 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (935 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (6,050 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Burgos is covered by cropland (55%) and artificial surfaces (42%), within 10 miles by cropland (79%), and within 50 miles by cropland (54%) and trees (30%).

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

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Burgos Villafria Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Burgos.

At a distance of 7 kilometers from Burgos, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Burgos according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

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.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . 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.

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.