Like everywhere else Paraguay does have it’s day when the rains fall for hours or hours or when a cold wind blows unceasingly chilling everything to the bone. However these days are in the minority for most of the year it is warmed with bright sunlight.
On the whole the weather is quite settled. What it is doing this morning is what it will be doing this afternoon is what it will be doing tommorow and probably the day after that.
The normal state of affairs is a clear blue sky from which the sun shines down without interuption. Seemingly endless cloudless days are far from uncommon.
With this being a land full of open spaces and tree filled countryside there is away from Asunción very little in the way of pollution. Without the haze that puts up in the air the blues of the sky are deeper and bluer than those in many other parts of the world.
With the Tropic of Capricorn passing through northern Paraguay the suns rays have more strength than those arriving at higher latitudes. As such there is no part of the year, even mid winter when there will not be days in excess of 30 degrees which would soon tan a pale skin.
Paraguay is defined as sub tropical and sitting in the center of the South American land mass the temperature may rise above 40 degrees for several consecutive days in high summer. At that time of year the sun is almost directly over head at midday casting little in the way of shadows.
At such times the only thing to do may be to take a siesta as the locals do or to head under the thick shade of a mango tree with a cold drink. Summer is not a time for rushing around and the pace of life has little choice but to slow.
Summer though does not last for ever and through March and April gives way to autumn. As it does temperatures drop by several degrees and the land comes back to life. More importantly without the excess day time heating the air cools noticably at night making autumn evenings very pleasent if occasionally chilly enough to require an extra layer of clothing.
This is followed by winter which to contains many fine days. Now however fronts of cold air blow up from the south. They have lost all their moisture by the time they reach Paraguay so there is never any snow, but the skies though still clear are of a more watery blue and with the wind chill it can from time to time feel positively un tropical.
Each winter though brings only a few of those cold snaps with plenty of warm weather inbetween. By mid August there is only a very slight chance of anymore cold spells as spring soon makes itself known.
As everywhere spring is the time for the land to burst back into life it should not be a surprise that it generally arrives on the back of heavy rains that bring the dry ground back to life.
The rains do though soon pass and then once more it is back to a blue sky and days of unbroken sunshine. In many ways spring is very much like autumn. It is again a fine time of year with much activity. The main difference however is that rather than cooling down the days are slowly heating up as the sun reaches higher into the sky and the heat of summer returns.
Here now on this autumn day there is not a cloud in the sky and there has not been for several days. Also for the next week at least it is expected to remain the same.
On the whole the job of a Paraguayan weather forecaster may not be the most demanding in the world.
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