López de Micay
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López de Micay | |
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Municipality and town | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cauca Department |
Population (Census 2018[1]) | |
• Total | 15,154 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate | Af |
López de Micay (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlopes ðe ˈmikaj]) is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. The Colombian meteorological service IDEAM reports an average annual precipitation of 12,892.4 mm (507.57 in), potentially making it the wettest inhabited place in the world;[2] however, some other sources state a lower average of 10,191 mm (401.2 in), which is below that of places in Meghalaya,[3] while some other sources state a higher average of approximately 16,000 mm (630 in) which would definitely make it the wettest place in the world.[4] It is one of the wettest places on the Earth, with at least some amount of rain falling almost every day, with frequent downpours and torrential rain that causes flash flooding.
Climate
López de Micay has an extremely wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The average temperature is 26.9 °C (80.4 °F).
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.5 (88.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 940.3 (37.02) |
804.4 (31.67) |
812.9 (32.00) |
1,399 (55.1) |
1,556.1 (61.26) |
1,301.6 (51.24) |
997.9 (39.29) |
935.5 (36.83) |
1,931 (76.0) |
1,641.9 (64.64) |
1,660.2 (65.36) |
2,011.3 (79.19) |
15,992.1 (629.6) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 26 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 315 |
Source: [5] [6] |
References
- ^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Burt, Christopher C. (2013-03-18). "New Wettest Place on Earth Discovered?". Weather Underground. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ^ "Climate: López de Micay". climate-data.org. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
- ^ "Climate: López de Micay". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
3°00′N 77°15′W / 3.000°N 77.250°W
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