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Monthly average temperatures & rainfall
The
Tikal Meteorological Station is found in the Tikal National Park, exactly
at Latitude 17º13’09” and Longitude 89º33’09” at an elevation of 230
meters above sea level. It
started operating in April 1988.
Continuous data was recorded for a period of 10 years, until
April 1998. Observation
has now been resumed, but the most recent data still hasn’t been processed.
The
Tikal Meteorological Station is a Type “B” station, with the following
equipment:
- Thermometers:
To measure temperature
- Heliograph:
To register solar luminosity
- Actinograph:
To register solar radiation
- Pluviometer:
To measure precipitation
- Pluviograph:
To register precipitation graphically
- Evaporation
Tank: To measure evaporation
in the open air
- Thermohydrograph:
To register temperature and relative humidity
- Anemograph:
To register wind velocity and direction
For
the tikalpark.com meteorological information page, we
have chosen to include the monthly and annual precipitation as well
as average temperatures, as this will be the most relevant information
for our visitors. There
are no forecasts included, but readers may infer what the weather will
be like from the recorded data for previous years.
PRECIPITATION (Monthly
and Annual in mm.)
The
following charts have two rows for each year, the top one shows the
number of days with rain and the second the precipitation in millimeters
of rainfall for each month of each year.
The last column shows the average number of days with rain and
the sum of monthly average rainfall in millimeters for each year.
|
Year
|
Jan.
|
Feb.
|
Mar.
|
Apr.
|
May
|
Jun.
|
Jul.
|
Aug.
|
Sep.
|
Oct.
|
Nov.
|
Dec.
|
Annual
|
|
1988
|
|
|
|
4
|
10
|
16
|
15
|
23
|
21
|
20
|
11
|
9
|
129
?
|
|
|
|
|
12.3
|
55.5
|
340.1
|
77.6
|
176.0
|
215.4
|
168.6
|
69.1
|
52.9
|
1167.5
?
|
|
1989
|
19
|
11
|
3
|
9
|
16
|
13
|
16
|
15
|
25
|
17
|
17
|
9
|
160
|
|
89.5
|
30.5
|
2.8
|
41.4
|
124.9
|
88.7
|
88.7
|
155.3
|
299.9
|
174.8
|
100.3
|
39.3
|
1235.6
|
|
1990
|
25
|
7
|
9
|
10
|
6
|
14
|
13
|
15
|
19
|
15
|
20
|
14
|
167
|
|
167.2
|
16.0
|
43.8
|
64.7
|
47.3
|
169.2
|
110.9
|
78.2
|
173.4
|
150.8
|
222.4
|
80.3
|
1324.2
|
|
1991
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
11
|
10
|
4
|
16
|
16
|
19
|
20
|
134
|
|
0
|
19.4
|
1.0
|
46.4
|
244.9
|
106.6
|
36.2
|
105.7
|
212.0
|
122.6
|
130.1
|
299.6
|
1441.2
|
|
1992
|
13
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
17
|
17
|
17
|
19
|
11
|
15
|
113
|
|
119.7
|
18.0
|
42.5
|
50.7
|
66.8
|
74.8
|
90.7
|
132.8
|
227.4
|
71.9
|
55.6
|
87.3
|
1324.5
|
|
1993
|
17
|
5
|
5
|
10
|
8
|
11
|
14
|
18
|
21
|
15
|
14
|
9
|
147
|
|
86.7
|
18.0
|
53.9
|
170.4
|
155.7
|
145.2
|
58.3
|
176.1
|
251.0
|
214.7
|
164.0
|
64.8
|
1558.8
|
|
1994
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
9
|
6
|
20
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
81
|
|
15.2
|
89.8
|
27.9
|
18.8
|
103.8
|
90.3
|
61.7
|
110.8
|
239.0
|
152.8
|
73.8
|
59.2
|
1124.5
|
|
1995
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
14
|
11
|
8
|
20
|
13
|
10
|
8
|
101
|
|
19.1
|
44.4
|
17.0
|
44.7
|
37.4
|
206.3
|
121.3
|
108.7
|
319.4
|
296.3
|
147.3
|
126.1
|
1486.0
|
|
1996
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
8
|
9
|
11
|
21
|
12
|
11
|
16
|
?
|
10
|
108
|
|
34.9
|
0
|
5.1
|
84.5
|
128.4
|
186.8
|
129.3
|
113.6
|
71.4
|
134.8
|
157.5
|
45.2
|
1091.5
|
|
1997
|
4
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
14
|
13
|
16
|
14
|
10
|
10
|
7
|
105
|
|
6.4
|
35.4
|
8.2
|
86.5
|
84.5
|
185.2
|
182.2
|
70.2
|
165.5
|
63.2
|
128.6
|
44.6
|
1060.5
|
|
1998
|
10
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17
?
|
|
67.1
|
7.8
|
5.1
|
19.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
99.1
?
|
Source: INSIVUMEH
Climatologic Section ( Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanologia,
Meteorologia e Hidrologia de Guatemala)
COMMENT:
Annual
rainfall varies from year to year, ranging from 1,000 to 2,400 millimeters
(40- 95 inches), most of which occurs during the rainy season.
As you may see from the chart above temperatures vary as well,
ranging from evening lows of 15° to 22° C (59° to 72° F) to daytime
highs of 28° to 35° C (82° to 95° F)
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
1996- 1997
Temperatures expressed in degrees Celcius.
How
to interpret the data?
The mean or average
temperature for each month is shown, as well as the average maximum
and average minimum temperatures.
Absolute means either the maximum or minimum temperature recorded
during the whole month.
|
1996
|
Jan.
|
Feb.
|
Mar.
|
Apr.
|
May
|
Jun.
|
Jul.
|
Aug.
|
Sep.
|
Oct.
|
Nov.
|
Dec.
|
|
Mean
|
20.9
|
22.9
|
23.6
|
26.1
|
27.4
|
27.4
|
26.1
|
26.4
|
27.3
|
25.4
|
22.6
|
22.2
|
|
Maximum
|
27.2
|
29.2
|
32.2
|
32.2
|
32.5
|
32.4
|
29.1
|
31.4
|
33.1
|
30.7
|
27.7
|
27.2
|
|
Absolute
|
32.4
|
34.5
|
36.5
|
36.0
|
35.4
|
34.4
|
36.5
|
33.6
|
35.0
|
34.0
|
31.5
|
30.5
|
|
Minimum
|
15.5
|
17.5
|
17.7
|
21.2
|
22.4
|
22.6
|
21.8
|
21.7
|
20.3
|
20.7
|
19.3
|
18.0
|
|
Absolute
|
9.8
|
9.0
|
8.2
|
16.5
|
19.2
|
19.5
|
19.0
|
20.2
|
20.6
|
17.5
|
15.2
|
12.0
|
Source: INSIVUMEH
Climatologic Section ( Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanologia,
Meteorologia e Hidrologia de Guatemala)
|
1997
|
Jan.
|
Feb.
|
Mar.
|
Apr.
|
May
|
Jun.
|
Jul.
|
Aug.
|
Sep.
|
Oct.
|
Nov.
|
Dec.
|
|
Mean
|
21.3
|
24.0
|
26.2
|
28.0
|
28.9
|
27.7
|
26.3
|
26.9
|
26.4
|
25.4
|
24.7
|
22.1
|
|
Maximum
|
27.6
|
29.7
|
32.1
|
34.9
|
34.5
|
32.9
|
31.0
|
32.0
|
31.6
|
30.7
|
29.3
|
27.2
|
|
Absolute
|
31.5
|
32.9
|
35.5
|
38.0
|
36.6
|
36.5
|
33.6
|
33.9
|
34.5
|
36.0
|
34.2
|
33.5
|
|
Minimum
|
17.8
|
18.7
|
20.0
|
21.5
|
22.7
|
22.2
|
22.2
|
22.5
|
22.2
|
21.2
|
20.9
|
18.0
|
|
Absolute
|
11.4
|
15.2
|
15.5
|
18.0
|
20.0
|
20.0
|
20.0
|
21.4
|
21.0
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
8.0
|
Source: INSIVUMEH Climatologic Section ( Instituto
Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanologia, Meteorologia e Hidrologia de Guatemala)
|
1998
|
Jan.
|
Feb.
|
Mar.
|
Apr.
|
May
|
Jun.
|
Jul.
|
Aug.
|
Sep.
|
Oct.
|
Nov.
|
Dec.
|
|
Mean
|
23.0
|
25.3
|
25.1
|
28.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maximum
|
28.1
|
32.4
|
31.3
|
34.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Absolute
|
31.8
|
39.5
|
40.5
|
41.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minimum
|
18.9
|
17.6
|
19.2
|
21.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Absolute
|
11.5
|
9.8
|
11.2
|
14.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source: INSIVUMEH Climatologic Section (
Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología
de Guatemala)
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