Soto La Marina
The municipality includes some of the mountain range called the Sierra de Tamaulipas.
Geography
Climate
Soto La Marina has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh) that closely borders on a humid subtropical and a tropical savanna climate. Winters are mild and short with the average maximum temperature being 24 °C (75.2 °F) and the minimum temperature being 10 °C (50.0 °F) in the coldest month, January. However, temperatures can go over 40 °C (104.0 °F), despite that these are the coolest months. Precipitation during this time of the year is low; nonetheless, winters tend to be foggy and cloudy. Frosts are extremely rare. Summers are long, hot, and humid with June being the warmest month, with an average temperature of 29.6 °C (85.3 °F).It tends to be sunnier during the summer season, averaging 13-14 clear days and 14-15 partly cloudy days compared with only 8-10 clear days from December to February. Precipitation is low, averaging 699.5 millimetres (28 in) with the months June to October seeing an increase in precipitation. The record high was 48.3 °C (118.9 °F) on April 29, 1953 and the record low was −7.7 °C (18.1 °F) on December 12, 1957.
| Climate data for Soto La Marina (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.5 (99.5) |
40.5 (104.9) |
43.0 (109.4) |
48.0 (118.4) |
45.4 (113.7) |
45.7 (114.3) |
42.0 (107.6) |
43.5 (110.3) |
42.6 (108.7) |
38.5 (101.3) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
48.0 (118.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.2 (97.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
36.7 (98.1) |
34.3 (93.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.5 (85.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.5 (70.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41.6 (1.64) |
11.4 (0.45) |
16.9 (0.67) |
36.7 (1.44) |
38.8 (1.53) |
89.9 (3.54) |
72.3 (2.85) |
97.8 (3.85) |
155.8 (6.13) |
76.4 (3.01) |
29.1 (1.15) |
32.8 (1.29) |
699.5 (27.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 57.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 65 | 62 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 160 | 173 | 208 | 220 | 257 | 252 | 302 | 266 | 204 | 214 | 152 | 162 | 2,570 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (humidity 1981–2000) | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun, 1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Pasch/Berg (June 30, 2010). "Hurricane Alex Update Statement". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ Kottek, M.; J. Grieser; C. Beck; B. Rudolf; F. Rubel (2006). "World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated" (PDF). Meteorol. Z. 15 (3): 259–263. doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- ^ "Normales climatológicas para Soto La Marina, Tamaulipas" (in Spanish). Colegio de Postgraduados. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
- ^ "Normales climatológicas 1981-2000" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comision Nacional Del Agua. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Soto La Marina Normales climatológicas 1951-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Station 76499 Soto La Marina, Tamps". Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration. Deutscher Wetterdienst. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
Notes
- ^ Station ID for Soto La Marina, Tamps. is 76499 Use this station ID to locate the sunshine duration
External links
- Gobierno Municipal de Soto la Marina Official website
23°46′N 98°13′W / 23.767°N 98.217°W
