The Palomas 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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12.23 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1906. The next wettest, 10.00 inches, fell in 2004.
Palomas’s center stands about 1,960 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 660 ft to 2,170 ft, a difference of 1,510 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Peña La Francia, about 3,200 ft, 14 miles west-southwest.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 8×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Palomas has a tropical rainforest climate. Summer afternoons average 82° in June; winter nights fall to about 62° in January. About 62 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Palomas normally reaches 77° and falls to 66°. The record high is 89°, in 1914; the record low 54°, in 1913. The most rain on this date, 7.65 in, fell in 2003.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1906 at Aibonito 1 S, 7 miles south, 370 ft higher. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
