The Cabán plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.
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3.19 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1942. The next wettest, 2.52 inches, fell in 1993.
Cabán’s center stands about 550 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 10 ft to 780 ft, a difference of 770 ft: hilly country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Cerro Valladares, about 1,350 ft, 15 miles south-southeast.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 18×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Cabán has a hot desert climate. Summer afternoons average 91° in June; winter nights fall to about 68° in January. Barely 0.0 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Cabán normally reaches 89° and falls to 72°. The record high is 92°, in 2012; the record low 65°, in 1982. The most rain on this date, 1.43 in, fell in 2003.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1942 at Borinquen Airport, 3 miles north, 310 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
