The Jayuya 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.
89° on Nov. 11, 2011, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1970. Next is 87° in 1979.
Jayuya’s center stands about 1,480 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,030 ft to 3,260 ft, a difference of 2,230 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Cerro de Punta, about 4,330 ft, 3 miles south.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 5×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Jayuya has a tropical rainforest climate. Summer afternoons average 85° in June; winter nights fall to about 56° in February. About 80 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Jayuya normally reaches 82° and falls to 61°. The record high is 86°, in 2023; the record low 53°, in 1991. The most rain on this date, 3.05 in, fell in 2003.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1970 at Adjuntas Substation, 13 miles west-southwest, 350 ft higher. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.