Weather in Cartagena de Indias: what will be the maximum and minimum temperatures on February 18

Weather forecasts, based on observation and mathematical models help predict the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place from records such as temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation or wind.

Weather forecasting is an exercise that has been carried out for hundreds of years, even before the Christian era, based essentially on the observation of the configuration of the clouds, the wind, the time of the year, although initially these they did not succeed.

It was only with the emergence of new technologies (such as computers) that mathematical models began to be implemented, which made it possible to make more accurate predictions, becoming a fundamental factor for the transport (land, sea or air), agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even military operations beyond deciding whether or not to carry an umbrella or whatever outfit become.

Here is the weather forecast for the next few hours for Cartagena de Indias:

the probability of rain for this Saturday in Cartagena de Indias, it is 1% during the day and 1% at night.

During this time, cloudiness will be 4% during the day and 0% at night.

As for temperature a high of 32 degrees and a low of 24 degrees are expected in this region. UV rays should reach a level of up to 9.

While the gusts of wind will reach 46 kilometers per hour during the day and 52 kilometers per hour at night.

What’s the weather like in Cartagena?

Although it is located on the northern coast of Colombia, very close to the Caribbean Sea, the climate of Cartagena is semi-arid, characterized by being hot and dry although the breeze makes it a little pleasant.

In Cartagena, the mean temperature Annually around 27 degrees Celsius, according to the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).

During the day, the Maximum temperature It fluctuates between 31 and 33 degrees Celsius. While at dawn the minimum temperature drops to 24 and 25 degrees Celsius.

Cartagena records a long rainy season and short dry season throughout the year.

There Rainy season It runs from May to November, with October being the rainiest month.

The weather in Colombia is very varied. he the climate is affected due to its geographical complexity just like the coasts of the Caribbean Sea in the north, the current of the Pacific Ocean, as well as the mountain ranges that cross it from the center from north to south.

According to IDEAM there are at least four types of weather in the country: tropical high mountain, dry, temperate and cold.

In the case of tropical climates four subtypes are identified: rainy or equatorial jungle, rainy or monsoon forest, dry winter savannah and dry summer savannah.

He tropical rainforest or equatorial It covers areas such as the central and northern Amazon, the entire Pacific region, parts of Antioquia, western Santander, Boyacá and Cundinamarca, the Catatumbo region and the foothills of the Amazon. During this time he tropical rainforest or monsoon it reaches the foothills of the plains and the extreme south of the Caribbean region.

There savannah with dry winter includes most of the Caribbean and Orinoco region, as well as the lower sectors of Santander and Antioquia. In reference to savannah with dry summer. It adds the inter-Andean valleys of Tolima, Huila, Valle, Cauca and Nariño.

For him dry climate in Colombia on very hot arid or desert and very hot semi-arid or steppe. The first is perceived in the upper part of the Guajira and the second in the middle and lower zone of the same department plus sectors of the Caribbean coast.

He mild climate it is felt in the middle and lower areas of the three mountain ranges of the Colombian country; During this time he high mountain cold as the name suggests, in the upper levels of the three mountain ranges.