Catarina, San Marcos

Place in San Marcos, Guatemala
14°50′57″N 92°04′39″W / 14.84917°N 92.07750°W / 14.84917; -92.07750Country GuatemalaDepartment San MarcosGovernment
 • MayorFulbio Pérez[1] (CREO)ClimateAm

Catarina is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. It is recognised as different municipality on 20 January 1925, when it split from Malacatán municipality.

Climate

Catarina has tropical monsoon climate (Köppen: Am).

Climate data for Catarina (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 36.2
(97.2) 		37.4
(99.3) 		37.0
(98.6) 		38.4
(101.1) 		37.0
(98.6) 		35.7
(96.3) 		35.6
(96.1) 		36.0
(96.8) 		36.1
(97.0) 		35.7
(96.3) 		35.2
(95.4) 		34.8
(94.6) 		38.4
(101.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 33.2
(91.8) 		33.9
(93.0) 		34.2
(93.6) 		34.3
(93.7) 		33.4
(92.1) 		32.6
(90.7) 		32.9
(91.2) 		33.0
(91.4) 		32.5
(90.5) 		32.4
(90.3) 		32.7
(90.9) 		32.8
(91.0) 		33.2
(91.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.8
(80.2) 		27.4
(81.3) 		28.1
(82.6) 		28.6
(83.5) 		28.2
(82.8) 		27.3
(81.1) 		27.4
(81.3) 		27.3
(81.1) 		26.8
(80.2) 		26.8
(80.2) 		27.0
(80.6) 		26.7
(80.1) 		27.4
(81.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 19.2
(66.6) 		19.6
(67.3) 		20.5
(68.9) 		21.7
(71.1) 		22.2
(72.0) 		21.9
(71.4) 		21.5
(70.7) 		21.5
(70.7) 		21.5
(70.7) 		21.2
(70.2) 		20.6
(69.1) 		19.7
(67.5) 		20.9
(69.6)
Record low °C (°F) 16.0
(60.8) 		14.5
(58.1) 		16.3
(61.3) 		17.7
(63.9) 		16.9
(62.4) 		17.4
(63.3) 		16.6
(61.9) 		17.9
(64.2) 		19.5
(67.1) 		16.9
(62.4) 		15.9
(60.6) 		13.9
(57.0) 		13.9
(57.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 16.1
(0.63) 		18.6
(0.73) 		69.6
(2.74) 		193.2
(7.61) 		518.1
(20.40) 		615.3
(24.22) 		471.7
(18.57) 		517.5
(20.37) 		640.4
(25.21) 		624.1
(24.57) 		179.7
(7.07) 		49.2
(1.94) 		3,913.5
(154.07)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 1.4 1.8 4.8 10.1 19.9 22.9 21.9 22.8 24.5 22.3 9.3 2.5 164.2
Source: NOAA[2]

Geographic location

Catarina is surrounded by San Marcos Department municipalities.[3]

Places adjacent to Catarina, San Marcos
Malacatán Malacatán and San Pablo.
Malacatán
Catarina
 El Rodeo and El Tumbador[3]
Ayutla and Pajapita[3]

See also

  • flag Guatemala portal
  • icon Geography portal

References

  1. ^ "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Catarina". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c SEGEPLAN (n.d.). "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos". Secretaría General de Planificación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.

External links

  • Some information (in Spanish)