Lloró is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. It claims the second world record for highest average annual precipitation with 12,717 mm (501 in),[1][2] after López de Micay, which holds an also disputed record with 12,892.4 mm (508 in).[3] The official record is held by Mawsynram, India. The rainfall data was measured in its Agricultural Farm, managed by the University of Bogotá, between 1952 and 1989. If accurate, that would make it the wettest place in the world.[4] The town is named for Gioró, a pre-Columbian indigenous chief.
Lloró | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Lloró in the Chocó Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Chocó Department |
| Founded | January 1, 1674 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Heneil Correa Rentería |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 905 km2 (349.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Municipality and town | 11,197 |
| • Density | 12.37/km2 (32.04/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,406 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
An 1853 watercolor by Manuel María Paz portrays two men in straw hats with a female vendor at a liquor stand in Lloró.[5]
Climate
editOn A normal day Lloró has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af). The town of Lloró itself has only 8000 mm of rain but the farm located to the east of the city has 12,892.4 mm.
| Climate data for Lloró, elevation 90 m (300 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.4 (74.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 579.7 (22.82) |
508.8 (20.03) |
541.4 (21.31) |
715.1 (28.15) |
759.2 (29.89) |
702.5 (27.66) |
746.0 (29.37) |
752.1 (29.61) |
753.2 (29.65) |
621.4 (24.46) |
728.3 (28.67) |
593.4 (23.36) |
7,806.5 (307.34) |
| Average precipitation days | 21 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 250 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 91 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 90 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[6] | |||||||||||||
Corregimientos
edit- El Cajón
- Carmen de Surama
- Irabubú
- La Playita
- San Lorenzo
- Sesego
- El Tigre
- Urabará
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/faunayflora/pacific1/cap10.htm [dead link]
- ^ Luiz Drude de Lacerda (9 February 2004). Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Environments. Springer. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-3-540-42540-3.
- ^ Burt, Christopher C (2013-03-18). "Weather Extremes : New Wettest Place on Earth Discovered?". Weather Underground. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
- ^ NCDC: Global Measured Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation
- ^ Paz, Manuel María. "Liquor Shop in the Village of Lloró, Province of Chocó". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ^ "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.
5°30′N 76°32′W / 5.500°N 76.533°W
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