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In Brits, the summers are long, warm, and partly cloudy and the winters are short, cool, dry, and clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 41°F to 85°F and is rarely below 35°F or above 92°F.

Based on the tourism score, the best times of year to visit Brits for warm-weather activities are from mid March to late May and from early August to mid October.

Climate in Brits

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Brits weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 5.8 months, from September 23 to March 17, with an average daily high temperature above 82°F. The hottest month of the year in Brits is January, with an average high of 85°F and low of 66°F.

The cool season lasts for 2.2 months, from May 27 to August 1, with an average daily high temperature below 72°F. The coldest month of the year in Brits is July, with an average low of 42°F and high of 70°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Brits

Average High and Low Temperature in BritshothotcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FJul 469°FJul 469°FJan 185°FJan 185°F41°F41°F65°F65°FSep 2382°FSep 2382°FMar 1782°FMar 1782°FMay 2772°FMay 2772°FAug 172°FAug 172°F56°F56°F62°F62°F45°F45°F44°F44°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 85°F85°F82°F78°F74°F69°F70°F75°F81°F83°F83°F84°F
Temp. 75°F75°F72°F66°F60°F55°F55°F60°F67°F71°F72°F74°F
Low 66°F65°F62°F56°F48°F42°F42°F47°F55°F60°F62°F64°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 Brits

Average Hourly Temperature in BritsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 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 AMNowNowvery coldcoldcoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarmwarm
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.

General Cepeda, Mexico (9,303 miles away); La Mendieta, Argentina (5,673 miles); and Gatton, Australia (7,237 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Brits (view comparison).

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In Brits, 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 Brits begins around March 28 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around October 9.

The clearest month of the year in Brits is July, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 93% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 9 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around March 28.

The cloudiest month of the year in Brits is December, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 36% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Brits

Cloud Cover Categories in BritsclearercloudiercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Jul 2394%Jul 2394%Dec 262%Dec 262%Mar 2878%Mar 2878%Oct 978%Oct 978%NowNowclearmostly clearovercastpartly cloudymostly cloudy
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 34%28%23%17%10%8%7%8%13%25%35%36%
Clearer 66%72%77%83%90%92%93%92%87%75%65%64%

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

The wetter season lasts 5.5 months, from October 17 to April 1, with a greater than 26% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Brits is December, with an average of 15.4 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 6.5 months, from April 1 to October 17. The month with the fewest wet days in Brits is July, with an average of 0.3 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 Brits is December, with an average of 15.4 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 51% on December 17.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Brits

Daily Chance of Precipitation in BritswetwetdryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Dec 1751%Dec 1751%Jul 51%Jul 51%Oct 1726%Oct 1726%Apr 126%Apr 126%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 15.1d12.2d10.8d5.1d1.7d0.8d0.3d0.8d2.3d7.7d12.3d15.4d

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. Brits experiences significant seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 8.0 months, from September 9 to May 11, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain in Brits is January, with an average rainfall of 3.8 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 4.0 months, from May 11 to September 9. The month with the least rain in Brits is July, with an average rainfall of 0.1 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Brits

Average Monthly Rainfall in BritsrainrainJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 in0 in2 in2 in4 in4 in6 in6 in8 in8 inJan 203.8 inJan 203.8 inJul 130.1 inJul 130.1 inSep 90.5 inSep 90.5 inMay 110.5 inMay 110.5 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 3.8″3.2″2.5″1.2″0.4″0.2″0.1″0.2″0.6″1.9″2.9″3.5″

The length of the day in Brits varies over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is June 20, with 10 hours, 32 minutes of daylight; the longest day is December 21, with 13 hours, 45 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Brits

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 13.5h13.0h12.2h11.5h10.9h10.6h10.7h11.3h12.0h12.7h13.4h13.7h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:09 AM on November 30, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 46 minutes later at 6:55 AM on July 3. The earliest sunset is at 5:25 PM on June 8, and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 40 minutes later at 7:05 PM on January 13.

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

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in Brits

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in BritsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMNov 305:09 AMNov 305:09 AM7:05 PMJan 137:05 PMJan 13Jun 85:25 PMJun 85:25 PM6:55 AMJul 36:55 AMJul 3daySolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
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 Brits

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in BritsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 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 AM000010101010202020203030303040404040505050606070708000001010101020202020303030304040404050505060606070708041NowNow
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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 Brits

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.

Brits experiences some seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 3.7 months, from December 3 to March 25, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 4% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in Brits is February, with 4.5 days that are muggy or worse.

The least muggy day of the year is July 23, when muggy conditions are essentially unheard of.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Brits

Humidity Comfort Levels in BritsmuggyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jul 230%Jul 230%Feb 317%Feb 317%Dec 34%Dec 34%Mar 254%Mar 254%muggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydry
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 3.8d4.5d2.3d0.2d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.5d2.1d

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 Brits experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 4.1 months, from July 30 to December 2, with average wind speeds of more than 7.0 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Brits is September, with an average hourly wind speed of 8.3 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 7.9 months, from December 2 to July 30. The calmest month of the year in Brits is March, with an average hourly wind speed of 5.8 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Brits

Average Wind Speed in BritswindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mphSep 258.5 mphSep 258.5 mphMar 315.6 mphMar 315.6 mphJul 307.0 mphJul 307.0 mphDec 27.0 mphDec 27.0 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) 6.36.15.85.96.36.76.97.68.38.37.76.7

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

The wind is most often from the east for 4.3 months, from January 1 to May 11 and for 1.1 months, from June 28 to August 1, with a peak percentage of 50% on February 19. The wind is most often from the south for 1.6 months, from May 11 to June 28, with a peak percentage of 31% on June 4. The wind is most often from the north for 5.0 months, from August 1 to December 31, with a peak percentage of 43% on November 16.

Wind Direction in Brits

Wind Direction in BritsESENJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowwestsoutheastnorth
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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 Brits 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 Brits for general outdoor tourist activities are from mid March to late May and from early August to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

Tourism Score in Brits

Tourism Score in Britsbest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810108.38.36.36.38.28.26.46.4NowNow 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 Brits for hot-weather activities is from mid December to late March, with a peak score in the last week of February.

Beach/Pool Score in Brits

Beach/Pool Score in Britsbest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810107.17.11.31.36.46.46.06.0NowNow 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 Brits 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 Brits

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Britsgrowing seasonJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%90%Jul 2090%Jul 2090%Jun 1690%Jun 1683%Jul 383%Jul 3Jan 9100%Jan 9100%NowNowvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhot
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 Brits

Growing Degree Days in BritsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°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°FJul 1590°FJul 1590°FSep 21900°FSep 21900°FNov 41,800°FNov 41,800°FJun 306,282°FJun 306,282°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 4.4 months, from October 15 to February 27, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.0 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Brits is December, with an average of 7.5 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.7 months, from May 7 to July 31, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.9 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Brits is June, with an average of 4.3 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Brits

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in BritsbrightbrightdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWh10 kWh10 kWhDec 297.7 kWhDec 297.7 kWhJun 204.2 kWhJun 204.2 kWhOct 157.0 kWhOct 157.0 kWhFeb 277.0 kWhFeb 277.0 kWhMay 74.9 kWhMay 74.9 kWhJul 314.9 kWhJul 314.9 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) 7.57.26.45.54.74.34.65.46.47.07.37.5

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Brits are -25.635 deg latitude, 27.780 deg longitude, and 3,668 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Brits contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 587 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,640 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,192 feet). Within 50 miles also contains large variations in elevation (3,041 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Brits is covered by cropland (56%) and artificial surfaces (36%), within 10 miles by cropland (59%) and shrubs (18%), and within 50 miles by grassland (23%) and cropland (23%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Brits, 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 are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Brits.

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

The estimated value at Brits is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Brits and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Brits and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

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.

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 airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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