La Pedrera, Amazonas
La Pedrera | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 1°19′S 69°34′W / 1.317°S 69.567°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Amazonas Department |
Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,711 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate | Af |
La Pedrera is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Amazonas. The town in on the southern bank of the Caquetá River, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the border with Brazil.
It is served by La Pedrera Airport.
Climate
La Pedrera has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year round.
Climate data for La Pedrera | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.3 (86.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.6) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 316.3 (12.45) |
270.4 (10.65) |
423.8 (16.69) |
398.9 (15.70) |
426.4 (16.79) |
359.9 (14.17) |
335.7 (13.22) |
293.3 (11.55) |
253.9 (10.00) |
250.2 (9.85) |
304.1 (11.97) |
301.2 (11.86) |
3,934.1 (154.9) |
Average rainy days | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 161 |
Source 1: [1] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: [2] |