The El Tumbao 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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65° on Nov. 12, 1984, the coldest reading for this week of the year since 1959. Next is 66° in 1985.
El Tumbao’s center stands about 250 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 10 ft to 640 ft, a difference of 630 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Monte Guilarte, about 3,910 ft, 13 miles northeast.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 6×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
El Tumbao has a tropical savanna climate. Summer afternoons average 91° in August; winter nights fall to about 69° in February. About 42 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 El Tumbao normally reaches 88° and falls to 73°. The record high is 93°, in 2011; the record low 66°, in 1985. The most rain on this date, 2.05 in, fell in 2016.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1959 at Magueyes Island, 10 miles west-southwest, 240 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
