Catarina, San Marcos

Coordinates: 14°50′57″N 92°04′39″W / 14.84917°N 92.07750°W / 14.84917; -92.07750
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Catarina
Catarina is located in Guatemala
Catarina
Catarina
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°50′57″N 92°04′39″W / 14.84917°N 92.07750°W / 14.84917; -92.07750
Country Guatemala
Department San Marcos
Government
 • MayorFulbio Pérez[1] (CREO)
ClimateAm

Catarina is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. It is recognised as different municipality on 20 January 1925, when it split from Malacatán municipality.

Climate[edit]

Catarina has tropical monsoon climate (Köppen: Am).

Climate data for Catarina (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 36.2
(97.2)
37.4
(99.3)
37.0
(98.6)
38.4
(101.1)
37.0
(98.6)
35.7
(96.3)
35.6
(96.1)
36.0
(96.8)
36.1
(97.0)
35.7
(96.3)
35.2
(95.4)
34.8
(94.6)
38.4
(101.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 33.2
(91.8)
33.9
(93.0)
34.2
(93.6)
34.3
(93.7)
33.4
(92.1)
32.6
(90.7)
32.9
(91.2)
33.0
(91.4)
32.5
(90.5)
32.4
(90.3)
32.7
(90.9)
32.8
(91.0)
33.2
(91.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.8
(80.2)
27.4
(81.3)
28.1
(82.6)
28.6
(83.5)
28.2
(82.8)
27.3
(81.1)
27.4
(81.3)
27.3
(81.1)
26.8
(80.2)
26.8
(80.2)
27.0
(80.6)
26.7
(80.1)
27.4
(81.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 19.2
(66.6)
19.6
(67.3)
20.5
(68.9)
21.7
(71.1)
22.2
(72.0)
21.9
(71.4)
21.5
(70.7)
21.5
(70.7)
21.5
(70.7)
21.2
(70.2)
20.6
(69.1)
19.7
(67.5)
20.9
(69.6)
Record low °C (°F) 16.0
(60.8)
14.5
(58.1)
16.3
(61.3)
17.7
(63.9)
16.9
(62.4)
17.4
(63.3)
16.6
(61.9)
17.9
(64.2)
19.5
(67.1)
16.9
(62.4)
15.9
(60.6)
13.9
(57.0)
13.9
(57.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 16.1
(0.63)
18.6
(0.73)
69.6
(2.74)
193.2
(7.61)
518.1
(20.40)
615.3
(24.22)
471.7
(18.57)
517.5
(20.37)
640.4
(25.21)
624.1
(24.57)
179.7
(7.07)
49.2
(1.94)
3,913.5
(154.07)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 1.4 1.8 4.8 10.1 19.9 22.9 21.9 22.8 24.5 22.3 9.3 2.5 164.2
Source: NOAA[2]

Geographic location[edit]

Catarina is surrounded by San Marcos Department municipalities.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Catarina". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c SEGEPLAN (n.d.). "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos". Secretaría General de Planificación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.

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