Macusani
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Macusani | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 14°4′9″S 70°25′52″W / 14.06917°S 70.43111°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Puno |
Province | Carabaya |
District | Macusani |
Government | |
• Mayor | Augusto Ronald Gutiérrez Rodrigo (2011-2014) |
Elevation | 4,315 m (14,157 ft) |
Population | 11,707 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Macusani is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Carabaya in the region Puno.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Due to the extreme altitude, Macusani is a tundra climate and has very low temperatures, even during the warmest month of the year. According to Köppen and Geiger, this climate is classified as ET. The temperature here averages 5.0 °C. The rainfall averages 726 mm.
Climate data for Macusani, elevation 4,363 m (14,314 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
11.8 (53.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
1.4 (34.5) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 135.7 (5.34) |
116.8 (4.60) |
101.0 (3.98) |
38.4 (1.51) |
10.2 (0.40) |
3.6 (0.14) |
3.8 (0.15) |
7.3 (0.29) |
17.0 (0.67) |
47.8 (1.88) |
61.7 (2.43) |
110.7 (4.36) |
654 (25.75) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[1] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.