Irupana is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Irupana Municipality, the second municipal section of the Sud Yungas Province.
Irupana | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Main square in Irupana | |
  Irupana Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 16°28′S 67°27′W / 16.467°S 67.450°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Sud Yungas Province |
| Municipality | Irupana Municipality |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 1,882 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Irupana, elevation 1,946 m (6,385 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
33.8 (92.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.8 (76.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.8 (65.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) |
14.1 (57.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
1.5 (34.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
1.5 (34.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 190.2 (7.49) |
183.0 (7.20) |
137.6 (5.42) |
73.6 (2.90) |
42.8 (1.69) |
39.5 (1.56) |
37.2 (1.46) |
64.4 (2.54) |
95.8 (3.77) |
107.9 (4.25) |
109.4 (4.31) |
171.3 (6.74) |
1,252.7 (49.33) |
| Average precipitation days | 15.2 | 14.4 | 12.8 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 13.8 | 112.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82.8 | 84.5 | 83.9 | 83.0 | 82.8 | 83.7 | 81.7 | 82.2 | 82.2 | 82.1 | 81.9 | 81.3 | 82.7 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ www.ine.gov.bo Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine - National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (in Spanish)
- ^ "Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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