Montecristo National Park
National park in El Salvador
14°26′31″N 89°19′32″W / 14.44194°N 89.32556°W / 14.44194; -89.32556Montecristo National Park is a large national park centered on the Montecristo cloud forest in Mesoamerica. Montecristo National Park is located in the north-western tip of El Salvador, a country in Central America known for its wildlife diversity.
It was founded in 2008, and covers an area of 19.73 km2.[1] The national park, together with Montecristo Trifinio National Park in Honduras and Trifinio Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala, form the Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve.
Climate
Climate data for Planes de Montecristo, El Salvador (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 22.7 (72.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.4 (70.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 15.9 (60.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.5 (59.9) | 16.9 (62.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | 11.2 (52.2) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 12.8 (55.0) | 11.9 (53.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 12.3 (54.1) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 10 (0.4) | 11 (0.4) | 20 (0.8) | 81 (3.2) | 245 (9.6) | 417 (16.4) | 328 (12.9) | 324 (12.8) | 436 (17.2) | 222 (8.7) | 53 (2.1) | 21 (0.8) | 2,168 (85.3) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 65 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 71 | 79 | 76 | 77 | 82 | 77 | 70 | 66 | 71 |
Source: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales[2] |
References
External links
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- Official site (in Spanish)
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National parks of El Salvador
- El Boquerón
- El Imposible
- Los Volcanos
- Montecristo
- San Diego y San Felipe Las Barras