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Alto Hospicio, Chile Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Alto Hospicio, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is February, with an average high of 27°C; the coldest is August, with an average low of 11°C. A normal year brings 0 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Alto Hospicio through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.5101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
22°C
Normal low
12°C
Reanalysis high
25°Cin 2017
Reanalysis low
10°Cin 2007
Chance of a wet day
1%
Daylight
12 h 10 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January27°C18°C30°C (1998)14°C (1999)0 mm0.0
February27°C18°C31°C (1998)15°C (2014)0 mm0.0
March27°C17°C30°C (1997)14°C (2014)0 mm0.0
April24°C15°C29°C (2012)13°C (2008)0 mm0.0
May23°C14°C28°C (2015)11°C (2000)0 mm0.0
June21°C12°C29°C (2012)9°C (2001)0 mm0.0
July21°C12°C28°C (2018)7°C (2010)0 mm0.0
August21°C11°C29°C (2014)9°C (2007)0 mm0.0
September22°C12°C28°C (2013)9°C (2003)0 mm0.0
October23°C13°C30°C (2015)10°C (2007)0 mm0.0
November24°C14°C28°C (1994)11°C (2005)0 mm0.0
December25°C16°C29°C (2011)13°C (2001)0 mm0.0
Year24°C14°C0 mm0

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

0 mm in a normal year, most in January.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Alto Hospicio, in percent.00.511.52JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Alto Hospicio.

Days with a mean dew point of 18°C or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January14°C66%16%68%15%0%0%0%
February15°C67%7%66%27%0%0%0%
March14°C68%13%75%12%0%0%0%
April13°C69%58%41%0%0%0%0%
May11°C70%93%7%0%0%0%0%
June9°C70%100%0%0%0%0%0%
July8°C69%100%0%0%0%0%0%
August8°C67%99%1%0%0%0%0%
September9°C66%99%1%0%0%0%0%
October9°C65%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November11°C65%98%2%0%0%0%0%
December12°C65%67%32%1%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 22 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 41 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is November, averaging 13.3 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Dec 15, with 13 h 22 min of daylight; the shortest is Jun 14, with 10 h 54 min.

Hours of daylight at Alto Hospicio through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Alto Hospicio in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.