The La Plena 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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11.67 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1911. The next wettest, 8.20 inches, fell in 1924.
La Plena’s center stands about 540 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 220 ft to 2,470 ft, a difference of 2,250 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is La Torrecilla, about 3,020 ft, 14 miles northwest.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 7×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
La Plena has a tropical savanna climate. Summer afternoons average 90° in July; winter nights fall to about 72° in January. About 54 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 La Plena normally reaches 88° and falls to 75°. The record high is 94°, in 1953; the record low 68°, in 1946. The most rain on this date, 5.70 in, fell in 1999.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1911 at Guayama 1 SW, 7 miles southeast, 400 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
