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Panama

LA PE?A, PANAMA


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Elevation: 33 feet     Latitude: 008 30     Longitude: 077 59W
Köppen Classification: Tropical Monsoon Climate

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Tropical monsoon climate, occasionally also known as a tropical wet climate or tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate in climate classification, is a relatively rare type of climate. Tropical monsoon climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18°C (64°F) in every month of the year and feature wet and dry seasons, as Tropical savanna climates do. Unlike tropical savanna climates however, a tropical monsoon climate's driest month sees less than 60 mm (2.36 in) of precipitation. Also a tropical monsoon climate tends to see less variance in temperatures during the course of the year than a tropical savanna climate. This climate has a driest month which nearly always occurs at or soon after the "winter" solstice for that side of the equator.

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Am". (Tropical Monsoon Climate).

The average temperature for the year in La Peña is 80.6°F (27°C). The warmest month, on average, is April with an average temperature of 81.9°F (27.7°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 79.4°F (26.3°C).

The highest recorded temperature in La Peña is 100.6°F (38.1°C), which was recorded in March. The lowest recorded temperature in La Peña is 59.0°F (15°C), which was recorded in August.



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