Istmina
Istmina is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. The town of Istmina was founded in 1834 by Juan Nepomuceno Mosquera, initially with the name of San Pablo. The name was changed in 1903 to Istmina, a contraction of isthmus and minas (mines), two characteristics of the area. The municipality covers 1,880 square kilometres (726 sq mi), with an average elevation of 79 metres (259 ft), and an average temperature of 26.7 °C (80 °F). Istmina is located 75 km (47 mi) from the departmental capital, Quibdó.
Climate
Istmina has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af).
Climate data for Istmina town | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.5 (86.9) | 31.0 (87.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.7 (80.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.4 (72.3) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 566.9 (22.32) | 644.7 (25.38) | 551.1 (21.70) | 633.8 (24.95) | 685.1 (26.97) | 624.0 (24.57) | 624.9 (24.60) | 702.6 (27.66) | 612.7 (24.12) | 637.9 (25.11) | 572.6 (22.54) | 564.0 (22.20) | 7,420.3 (292.12) |
Average rainy days | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 224 |
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Source 2: [3] |
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Istmina municipality with localities
- ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Archived from the original on 2022-10-12. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "Pie de Pepe climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Pie de Pepe weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
External links
- (in Spanish) Istmina official municipality website
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