The Monte Grande 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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94° on Nov. 14, 2023, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1900. Next is 94° in 2024.
Monte Grande’s center stands about 80 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 30 ft to 740 ft, a difference of 710 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Pico Santa Ana, about 2,950 ft, 10 miles east-northeast.
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.
Monte Grande has a tropical savanna climate. Summer afternoons average 92° in July; winter nights fall to about 62° in January. About 45 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Monte Grande normally reaches 89° and falls to 68°. The record high is 94°, in 2023; the record low 60°, in 2005. The most rain on this date, 6.45 in, fell in 2003.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1900 at Lajas Substation, 4 miles south-southeast. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
