The Martorell 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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8.74 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1931. The next wettest, 4.10 inches, fell in 2020.
Martorell’s center stands about 100 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 20 ft to 1,310 ft, a difference of 1,290 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is El Toro, about 3,450 ft, 14 miles north-northeast.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 9×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Martorell has a tropical rainforest climate. Summer afternoons average 88° in June; winter nights fall to about 65° in January. About 68 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Martorell normally reaches 85° and falls to 69°. The record high is 93°, in 1952; the record low 57°, in 1944. The most rain on this date, 2.81 in, fell in 2003.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1931 at Juncos 1 SE, 11 miles north, 110 ft higher. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
