Post by greysrigging on Sept 19, 2023 1:43:01 GMT -5
How is good this climate only 5* from the Equator ?
Perhaps one of the more unique climates on the planet, especially so given how close to the Equator the City is located.
This is a copy of a piece re Piura I wrote on our local FB weather group a couple of years ago....
"How about this city in Northern Peru ? 5*S and Piura on average only gets 182.4mm per year.
Jan: 34.5 mm
Feb: 32.3
Mar: 57.2
Apr: 36.7
May: 11.6
Jun: 5.3
Jul: 0.1
Aug: 0.1
Sep: 0.2
Oct: 0.7
Nov: 1.3
Dec: 7.2
Annual average: 182.4 mm.( the median is much less around the 100mm mark )
But in an El Nino years eg 1983 and 1998....
1983: 2273 mm (89.5 in)
1998: 1850 mm (72.84 in)
Imagine living here....a 5 to 7 year long 'build up' between El Ninos waiting for rain. Or we could just live in Leanyer....same thing....
I wonder if there is any other place in the world with such extreme rainfall variability ?
There are a few scientific papers out there discussing the vagaties of the El Ninos at Piura
inserm.hal.science/EGU/hal-00317738
www.worldsaid.com/node/1824
www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-examines-perus-deadly-rainfall
Climate:
Piura Department has a desert and semi-desert climate on the coast and the western slopes of the Andes, whereas on the eastern slopes the climate is subtropical. Precipitation is sparse except during El Niño events, when rainfall is abundant and water flows through normally dry watercourses, causing flooding and large-scale land movements.
Perhaps one of the more unique climates on the planet, especially so given how close to the Equator the City is located.
This is a copy of a piece re Piura I wrote on our local FB weather group a couple of years ago....
"How about this city in Northern Peru ? 5*S and Piura on average only gets 182.4mm per year.
Jan: 34.5 mm
Feb: 32.3
Mar: 57.2
Apr: 36.7
May: 11.6
Jun: 5.3
Jul: 0.1
Aug: 0.1
Sep: 0.2
Oct: 0.7
Nov: 1.3
Dec: 7.2
Annual average: 182.4 mm.( the median is much less around the 100mm mark )
But in an El Nino years eg 1983 and 1998....
1983: 2273 mm (89.5 in)
1998: 1850 mm (72.84 in)
Imagine living here....a 5 to 7 year long 'build up' between El Ninos waiting for rain. Or we could just live in Leanyer....same thing....
I wonder if there is any other place in the world with such extreme rainfall variability ?
There are a few scientific papers out there discussing the vagaties of the El Ninos at Piura
inserm.hal.science/EGU/hal-00317738
www.worldsaid.com/node/1824
www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-examines-perus-deadly-rainfall
Climate:
Piura Department has a desert and semi-desert climate on the coast and the western slopes of the Andes, whereas on the eastern slopes the climate is subtropical. Precipitation is sparse except during El Niño events, when rainfall is abundant and water flows through normally dry watercourses, causing flooding and large-scale land movements.
, but due to the extreme aridity I can't give it higher than a C+.