Felipe Carrillo Puerto
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Location within Mexico | |
Coordinates: 19°34′43″N 88°02′43″W / 19.57861°N 88.04528°W / 19.57861; -88.04528 | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Quintana Roo |
Municipality | Felipe Carrillo Puerto |
Named for | Felipe Santiago Carrillo Puerto |
Government | |
• Municipal President | Gabriel Carballo |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Population
(2010)
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• Total | 25,744 |
Demonym | Carrilloportense |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time) |
Climate | Aw |
Website | www |
Felipe Carrillo Puerto is the municipal seat and largest city in Felipe Carrillo Puerto Municipality in the Mexican stateofQuintana Roo. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 25,744 persons, mostly of Maya descent.[1] The Sian Kaʼan Biosphere Reserve lies just east of the city.
The city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto was founded in 1850 by independent Maya people during the Caste War of Yucatán under the name Chan Santa Cruz. After it was conquered by Mexican Federal Army troops in 1901, it was renamed "Santa Cruz del Bravo" before acquiring its present name.
Climate data for Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 37.0 (98.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
44.0 (111.2) |
40.5 (104.9) |
40.0 (104.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.5 (101.3) |
40.0 (104.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
44.0 (111.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.7 (89.1) |
33.2 (91.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
4.5 (40.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 54.4 (2.14) |
50.2 (1.98) |
38.5 (1.52) |
40.4 (1.59) |
117.0 (4.61) |
171.8 (6.76) |
150.2 (5.91) |
160.3 (6.31) |
210.4 (8.28) |
170.8 (6.72) |
84.2 (3.31) |
57.0 (2.24) |
1,305.2 (51.39) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.4 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 14.9 | 17.2 | 15.4 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 123.9 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 75 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 78 | 76 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 213 | 245 | 273 | 273 | 258 | 215 | 232 | 232 | 196 | 216 | 215 | 201 | 2,769 |
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico National (humidity 1981–2000)[2][3][4] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun, 1961–1990)[5][a] |
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