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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in La Misión Mexico

In La Misión, the wet season is muggy and it is hot and partly cloudy year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 55°F to 99°F and is rarely below 47°F or above 108°F.

Based on the tourism score, the best times of year to visit La Misión for warm-weather activities are from early February to late March and from mid October to mid December.

Climate in La Misión

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La Misión weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 3.0 months, from March 31 to June 29, with an average daily high temperature above 95°F. The hottest month of the year in La Misión is June, with an average high of 96°F and low of 74°F.

The cool season lasts for 2.4 months, from November 23 to February 5, with an average daily high temperature below 83°F. The coldest month of the year in La Misión is January, with an average low of 56°F and high of 80°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in La Misión

Average High and Low Temperature in La MisiónhotcoolcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°F110°F110°FJan 679°FJan 679°FMay 2099°FMay 2099°F55°F55°F73°F73°FMar 3195°FMar 3195°FJun 2995°FJun 2995°FNov 2383°FNov 2383°F66°F66°F73°F73°F60°F60°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 80°F85°F92°F97°F98°F96°F94°F94°F90°F87°F84°F81°F
Temp. 65°F69°F75°F81°F84°F84°F83°F83°F80°F76°F70°F66°F
Low 56°F58°F63°F69°F73°F74°F73°F74°F72°F67°F61°F57°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 in La Misión

Average Hourly Temperature in La MisiónJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowcoolcoolcoolcoolcomfortablecomfortablewarmwarmhotswelteringcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Porto Murtinho, Brazil (4,198 miles away); Tachilek, Myanmar (Burma) (9,131 miles); and Mount Isa, Australia (8,715 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to La Misión (view comparison).

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In La Misión, 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 La Misión begins around October 16 and lasts for 8.2 months, ending around June 21.

The clearest month of the year in La Misión is May, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 70% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 21 and lasts for 3.8 months, ending around October 16.

The cloudiest month of the year in La Misión is September, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 59% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in La Misión

Cloud Cover Categories in La MisiónclearerclearercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%May 2372%May 2372%Sep 538%Sep 538%Oct 1655%Oct 1655%Jun 2156%Jun 2156%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 39%35%35%36%30%39%58%59%59%45%34%39%
Clearer 61%65%65%64%70%61%42%41%41%55%66%61%

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

The wetter season lasts 4.9 months, from May 11 to October 9, with a greater than 26% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in La Misión is September, with an average of 12.6 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 7.1 months, from October 9 to May 11. The month with the fewest wet days in La Misión is December, with an average of 2.0 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in La Misión is September, with an average of 12.6 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 47% on September 12.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in La Misión

Daily Chance of Precipitation in La MisiónwetdrydryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Sep 1247%Sep 1247%Dec 256%Dec 256%May 1126%May 1126%Oct 926%Oct 926%NowNowrain
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).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 2.7d2.2d2.6d4.3d8.8d10.2d8.8d9.8d12.6d6.8d3.1d2.0d

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. La Misión experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year in La Misión. The month with the most rain in La Misión is September, with an average rainfall of 5.3 inches.

The month with the least rain in La Misión is December, with an average rainfall of 0.5 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in La Misión

Average Monthly Rainfall in La MisiónJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 in0 in2 in2 in4 in4 in6 in6 in8 in8 in10 in10 in12 in12 inSep 125.3 inSep 125.3 inDec 160.5 inDec 160.5 inJun 293.9 inJun 293.9 inJan 210.7 inJan 210.7 inNowNow
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 snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 0.7″0.6″0.6″1.2″2.6″3.6″3.0″3.4″5.3″2.4″0.8″0.5″

The length of the day in La Misión varies over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 10 hours, 40 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 20, with 13 hours, 36 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in La Misión

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in La MisiónJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 7 minMar 1912 hr, 7 minMar 1913 hr, 36 minJun 2013 hr, 36 minJun 2012 hr, 8 minSep 2212 hr, 8 minSep 2210 hr, 40 minDec 2110 hr, 40 minDec 21nightnightdayNowNow
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.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 10.9h11.4h12.0h12.7h13.3h13.6h13.4h12.9h12.3h11.6h11.0h10.7h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:48 AM on June 7, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 32 minutes later at 7:21 AM on January 14. The earliest sunset is at 5:48 PM on November 28, and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 39 minutes later at 7:28 PM on July 1.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in La Misión during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in La Misión

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in La MisiónJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMJun 75:48 AMJun 75:48 AM7:28 PMJul 17:28 PMJul 1Nov 285:48 PMNov 285:48 PM7:21 AMJan 147:21 AMJan 14daynightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. 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.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in La Misión

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in La MisiónJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM000010101010202020203030303040404040505050606070708000001010101020202020303030304040404050505060606070708043NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in La Misión

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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.

La Misión experiences extreme seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 6.1 months, from April 27 to November 1, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 18% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in La Misión is August, with 20.4 days that are muggy or worse.

The month with the fewest muggy days in La Misión is January, with 0.0 days that are muggy or worse.

Humidity Comfort Levels in La Misión

Humidity Comfort Levels in La MisiónmuggyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jan 260%Jan 260%Sep 574%Sep 574%Apr 2718%Apr 2718%Nov 118%Nov 118%NowNowoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumiddrydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 0.0d0.0d0.6d3.2d11.9d18.7d19.5d20.4d20.2d11.2d2.5d0.2d

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 La Misión experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 5.7 months, from February 17 to August 8, with average wind speeds of more than 7.3 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in La Misión is April, with an average hourly wind speed of 8.3 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 6.3 months, from August 8 to February 17. The calmest month of the year in La Misión is September, with an average hourly wind speed of 6.3 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in La Misión

Average Wind Speed in La MisiónwindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mphApr 258.4 mphApr 258.4 mphSep 266.3 mphSep 266.3 mphFeb 177.3 mphFeb 177.3 mphAug 87.3 mphAug 87.3 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 6.67.38.18.38.17.87.87.06.36.46.56.4

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

The wind is most often from the east for 3.9 weeks, from September 3 to September 30, with a peak percentage of 41% on September 6. The wind is most often from the south for 11 months, from September 30 to September 3, with a peak percentage of 34% on January 1.

Wind Direction in La Misión

Wind Direction in La MisiónSESJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowsoutheastnorthwest
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in La Misión throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit La Misión for general outdoor tourist activities are from early February to late March and from mid October to mid December, with a peak score in the second week of November.

Tourism Score in La Misión

Tourism Score in La Misiónbest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810106.76.74.34.36.36.35.75.74.44.4NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit La Misión for hot-weather activities is from early April to late August, with a peak score in the third week of May.

Beach/Pool Score in La Misión

Beach/Pool Score in La Misiónbest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810106.26.23.03.06.06.0NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

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 La Misión 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.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in La Misión

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in La MisiónJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%100%Jan 15100%Jan 1599%Dec 2699%Dec 26Jun 26100%Jun 26100%NowNowcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhotsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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.

Growing Degree Days in La Misión

Growing Degree Days in La MisiónJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°F6,000°F6,000°F7,000°F7,000°F8,000°F8,000°F9,000°F9,000°FJan 790°FJan 790°FApr 41,800°FApr 41,800°FDec 319,036°FDec 319,036°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 4.0 months, from April 5 to August 4, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 6.7 kWh. The brightest month of the year in La Misión is June, with an average of 7.2 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.5 months, from November 14 to January 30, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.7 kWh. The darkest month of the year in La Misión is December, with an average of 4.1 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in La Misión

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in La MisiónbrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhJun 67.4 kWhJun 67.4 kWhDec 194.1 kWhDec 194.1 kWhApr 56.7 kWhApr 56.7 kWhAug 46.7 kWhAug 46.7 kWhJan 304.7 kWhJan 304.7 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 4.45.36.36.87.17.26.96.56.05.44.74.1

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of La Misión are 23.803 deg latitude, -99.170 deg longitude, and 942 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of La Misión contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 469 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 950 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (5,509 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (11,529 feet).

The area within 2 miles of La Misión is covered by cropland (95%), within 10 miles by cropland (57%) and trees (32%), and within 50 miles by cropland (42%) and trees (37%).

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

La Misión 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 La Misión, 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 Algorithms 2nd Edition , 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 airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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