The Playa Fortuna 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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5.08 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1942. The next wettest, 4.52 inches, fell in 2024.
Playa Fortuna’s center stands about 30 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 0 ft to 680 ft, a difference of 680 ft: hilly country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is El Toro, about 3,450 ft, 9 miles southwest.
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.
Playa Fortuna has a tropical savanna climate. Summer afternoons average 89° in July; winter nights fall to about 71° in January. About 51 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Playa Fortuna normally reaches 86° and falls to 75°. The record high is 91°, in 1969; the record low 67°, in 1961. The most rain on this date, 2.13 in, fell in 1948.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1942 at Roosevelt Roads, 11 miles southeast. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
