Puna is a village and the capital of the José María Linares Province in the Potosí Department of Bolivia.
Puna | |
|---|---|
  Puna Location in Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 19°47′41″S 65°30′21″W / 19.79472°S 65.50583°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Potosí Department |
| Province | José María Linares Province |
| Municipality | Puna Municipality |
| Canton | Puna Canton |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,525 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Puna, elevation 3,420 m (11,220 ft), (1973–2013) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
4.4 (39.9) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
2.4 (36.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
6.5 (43.7) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 94.7 (3.73) |
83.9 (3.30) |
73.1 (2.88) |
24.9 (0.98) |
2.9 (0.11) |
0.6 (0.02) |
1.1 (0.04) |
4.3 (0.17) |
10.5 (0.41) |
27.9 (1.10) |
35.2 (1.39) |
76.8 (3.02) |
435.9 (17.15) |
| Average precipitation days | 13.1 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 10.9 | 66 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68.7 | 69.1 | 66.6 | 60.5 | 49.4 | 44.7 | 43.1 | 47.2 | 53.6 | 60.1 | 62.0 | 64.5 | 57.5 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 at the Wayback Machine (archived July 22, 2011)
- ^ "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.