López de Micay

López de Micay
Municipality and town

Location of the municipality and town of López de Micay in the Cauca Department of Colombia.
Country  Colombia
Department Cauca Department
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Climate Af

López de Micay (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlopes ðe ˈmikai]) 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.[1] 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) with an average of approximately 10,191 mm (401.2 in) of rainfall per year. The average temperature is 26.9 °C (80.4 °F).

Climate data for López de Micay
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °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)		 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)
Average low °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)		 21.8
(71.2)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.6
(72.7)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.2
(72)		 22.4
(72.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 840
(33.07)		 739
(29.09)		 686
(27.01)		 840
(33.07)		 983
(38.7)		 793
(31.22)		 799
(31.46)		 775
(30.51)		 908
(35.75)		 993
(39.09)		 895
(35.24)		 940
(37.01)		 10,191
(401.22)
Source: climate-data.org[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Climate: López de Micay". climate-data.org. Retrieved June 4, 2018.

Coordinates: 3°00′N 77°15′W / 3.000°N 77.250°W / 3.000; -77.250


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