The Río Cañas Abajo 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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8.90 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1898. The next wettest, 7.00 inches, fell in 1909.
Río Cañas Abajo’s center stands about 260 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 20 ft to 1,530 ft, a difference of 1,510 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Cerro de Punta, about 4,330 ft, 12 miles northwest.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 5×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Río Cañas Abajo has a tropical savanna climate. Summer afternoons average 92° in July; winter nights fall to about 62° in January. About 38 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Río Cañas Abajo normally reaches 90° and falls to 66°. The record high is 96°, in 2013; the record low 64°, in 1929. The most rain on this date, 5.35 in, fell in 2003.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1898 at Ponce 4 E, 4 miles west-southwest, 190 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
