Briceño is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia, it lies at an altitude of 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above sea level.
Briceño | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Briceño in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | |
  Briceño Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 7°6′38″N 75°33′4″W / 7.11056°N 75.55111°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Antioquia Department |
| Subregion | Northern |
| Area | |
| • Total | 401 km2 (155 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate edit
Briceño has a relatively cool tropical rainforest climate (Af) due to altitude. It has very heavy rainfall year round.
| Climate data for Briceño | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.7 (80.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 162.3 (6.39) |
245.4 (9.66) |
297.1 (11.70) |
576.5 (22.70) |
776.8 (30.58) |
732.9 (28.85) |
791.8 (31.17) |
752.7 (29.63) |
684.4 (26.94) |
723.4 (28.48) |
511.5 (20.14) |
273.9 (10.78) |
6,528.7 (257.02) |
| Average rainy days | 12 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 251 |
| Source 1: [1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: [2] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Briceño climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Briceño weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
External links edit
- (in Spanish) Briceno official website
7°06′40″N 75°33′00″W / 7.11111°N 75.55000°W
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