La Pedrera is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Amazonas. The town on the southern bank of the Caquetá River is served by La Pedrera Airport. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the border with Brazil.
La Pedrera | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Location of the municipality and town of La Pedrera, Amazonas in the Amazonas Department of Colombia | |
  La Pedrera Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 1°19′S 69°34′W / 1.317°S 69.567°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | .svg){kind=small} Amazonas Department |
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,711 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Af |
Climate edit
La Pedrera has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for La Pedrera | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.3 (86.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 316.3 (12.45) |
270.4 (10.65) |
423.8 (16.69) |
398.9 (15.70) |
426.4 (16.79) |
359.9 (14.17) |
335.7 (13.22) |
293.3 (11.55) |
253.9 (10.00) |
250.2 (9.85) |
304.1 (11.97) |
301.2 (11.86) |
3,934.1 (154.9) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 161 |
| Source 1: [1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: [2] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "La Pedrera climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, La Pedrera weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
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