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Santa Cruz De Lorica
Santa Cruz de Lorica is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia.

Lorica was named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia in 2010. It is the only municipality near the Caribbean coast that was selected to be part of the Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio original cohort.

As per 2020 estimates, the population of Santa Cruz de Lorica was 115,461, with a density ratio of 120 persons per square kilometer.

Climate

Climate data for Lorica (Doctrina La), elevation 30 m (98 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32.0
(89.6) 		32.2
(90.0) 		32.2
(90.0) 		32.3
(90.1) 		31.8
(89.2) 		31.9
(89.4) 		32.0
(89.6) 		31.7
(89.1) 		31.3
(88.3) 		31.1
(88.0) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.9
(89.4) 		31.8
(89.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.4
(81.3) 		27.6
(81.7) 		27.8
(82.0) 		28.1
(82.6) 		27.9
(82.2) 		28.0
(82.4) 		28.0
(82.4) 		27.8
(82.0) 		27.5
(81.5) 		27.3
(81.1) 		27.4
(81.3) 		27.4
(81.3) 		27.7
(81.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23.7
(74.7) 		23.9
(75.0) 		24.6
(76.3) 		25.0
(77.0) 		24.8
(76.6) 		24.6
(76.3) 		24.3
(75.7) 		24.2
(75.6) 		24.2
(75.6) 		24.2
(75.6) 		24.2
(75.6) 		24.0
(75.2) 		24.3
(75.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 11.4
(0.45) 		5.8
(0.23) 		22.2
(0.87) 		79.2
(3.12) 		175.8
(6.92) 		152.1
(5.99) 		174.7
(6.88) 		191.5
(7.54) 		191.9
(7.56) 		189.5
(7.46) 		126.9
(5.00) 		43.8
(1.72) 		1,326.9
(52.24)
Average precipitation days 2 1 2 6 14 13 13 15 14 14 10 5 105
Average relative humidity (%) 83 82 82 82 85 85 84 85 85 86 85 84 84
Mean monthly sunshine hours 238.7 194.8 198.4 153.0 133.3 141.0 173.6 167.4 141.0 142.6 156.0 198.4 2,038.2
Mean daily sunshine hours 7.7 6.9 6.4 5.1 4.3 4.7 5.6 5.4 4.7 4.6 5.2 6.4 5.6
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales
Climate data for Lorica, elevation 30 m (98 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 33.4
(92.1) 		33.8
(92.8) 		33.9
(93.0) 		33.6
(92.5) 		32.5
(90.5) 		32.6
(90.7) 		32.7
(90.9) 		32.6
(90.7) 		31.9
(89.4) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.7
(89.1) 		32.4
(90.3) 		32.7
(90.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.3
(81.1) 		27.5
(81.5) 		27.8
(82.0) 		28.0
(82.4) 		27.7
(81.9) 		27.6
(81.7) 		27.6
(81.7) 		27.5
(81.5) 		27.2
(81.0) 		27.0
(80.6) 		27.1
(80.8) 		27.3
(81.1) 		27.5
(81.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23.3
(73.9) 		23.6
(74.5) 		24.2
(75.6) 		24.5
(76.1) 		24.3
(75.7) 		23.9
(75.0) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.3
(73.9) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.7
(74.7) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.8
(74.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 11.5
(0.45) 		13.4
(0.53) 		24.3
(0.96) 		93.9
(3.70) 		151.8
(5.98) 		145.4
(5.72) 		144.7
(5.70) 		173.5
(6.83) 		177.6
(6.99) 		152.0
(5.98) 		126.6
(4.98) 		38.7
(1.52) 		1,253.3
(49.34)
Average precipitation days 2 2 2 9 14 14 14 15 15 15 12 5 117
Average relative humidity (%) 82 81 80 82 86 86 85 85 87 87 87 84 84
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Santa Cruz de Lorica municipality
  2. ^ "GUÍA: Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia" (PDF). Fondo Nacional de Turismo de la República de Colombia - FONTUR. Dec 2020. Retrieved 29 Mar 2021.
  3. ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

9°13′54″N 75°49′11″W / 9.23167°N 75.8197°W / 9.23167; -75.8197


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