Purificación, Tolima
Purificación, Tolima | |
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Municipality and town | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Nickname(s): Puri, villa de las palmas (palm tree town) | |
Location of the municipality and town of Purificación, Tolima in the Tolima Department of Colombia. | |
| Coordinates: 3°51′31″N 74°55′50″W / 3.85861°N 74.93056°W | |
| Country | |
| Department | Tolima Department |
| Province | Southeastern |
| Government | |
| • 2020 | Cristián Andrés Barragán |
| Area | |
• Total | 422 km2 (163 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 329 m (1,079 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 29,539 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Purificación is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia.[1]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Purificacion (Lozania), elevation 400 m (1,300 ft), (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) | 32.2 (90.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.0 (89.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 119.6 (4.71) |
146.8 (5.78) |
215.9 (8.50) |
231.7 (9.12) |
193.7 (7.63) |
85.2 (3.35) |
49.7 (1.96) |
53.7 (2.11) |
135.8 (5.35) |
288.6 (11.36) |
280.0 (11.02) |
186.9 (7.36) |
1,976.5 (77.81) |
| Average precipitation days | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 175 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 80 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Purificación (Sta Helena), elevation 300 m (980 ft), (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) | 32.9 (91.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89.9 (3.54) |
118.7 (4.67) |
155.4 (6.12) |
230.3 (9.07) |
210.3 (8.28) |
82.1 (3.23) |
57.0 (2.24) |
52.0 (2.05) |
141.5 (5.57) |
228.0 (8.98) |
193.5 (7.62) |
142.0 (5.59) |
1,696.5 (66.79) |
| Average precipitation days | 8 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 141 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 74 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 127.1 | 107.3 | 102.3 | 99.0 | 124.0 | 168.0 | 182.9 | 192.2 | 159.0 | 111.6 | 105.0 | 120.9 | 1,599.3 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Purificación". www.purificacion-tolima.gov.co. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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