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
  • HeliographTo 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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