Bom Jesus is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
Bom Jesus | |
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Municipality | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Piauí | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Piauí |
| Mesoregion | Sudoeste Piauiense |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 25,387 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
The municipality contains part of the 823,843 hectares (2,035,760 acres) Serra das Confusões National Park, created in 1998, which protects an area of the Caatinga biome.[6]
Name edit
Bom Jesus means "Good Jesus" in Portuguese.
Geography and climate edit
Bom Jesus has a rather dry tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). It received national recognition in November 21, 2005 when it was measured the temperature of 44.7 °C (112.4 °F) in the town, the highest ever officially recorded in Brazil until November 2020.[7]
The municipality contains part of the Uruçui-Una Ecological Station.[8]
| Climate data for Bom Jesus, Piauí (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 44.6 (112.3) |
43.2 (109.8) |
42.6 (108.7) |
39.2 (102.6) |
39.7 (103.5) |
40.2 (104.4) |
40.2 (104.4) |
41.3 (106.3) |
42.5 (108.5) |
42.5 (108.5) |
44.7 (112.5) |
43.2 (109.8) |
44.7 (112.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.7 (90.9) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 145.9 (5.74) |
149.8 (5.90) |
172.9 (6.81) |
112.3 (4.42) |
28.9 (1.14) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
14.5 (0.57) |
71.1 (2.80) |
114.5 (4.51) |
153.8 (6.06) |
963.7 (37.95) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 68 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 63.9 | 64.9 | 64.4 | 61.9 | 58.2 | 52.1 | 48.8 | 41.3 | 42.0 | 46.6 | 56.5 | 59.6 | 54.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 185.8 | 160.2 | 169.5 | 211.3 | 268.4 | 281.0 | 298.4 | 308.6 | 269.4 | 235.6 | 200.8 | 187.2 | 2,776.8 |
| Source: INMET[9] | |||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-09
- ^ "Piauí tem a temperatura mais alta em 96 anos (Piauí has the highest temperature in 96 years)". Terra. 26 November 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Uruçuí-Una (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-23
- ^ "NORMAIS CLIMATOLÓGICAS DO BRASIL 1961-1990" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
9°04′26″S 44°21′32″W / 9.07389°S 44.3589°W
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