The Sabana 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.
Sabana Grande’s center stands about 360 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 120 ft to 1,690 ft, a difference of 1,570 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Monte Guilarte, about 3,910 ft, 13 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.
Sabana 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 Sabana 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, 8 miles west-southwest, 270 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
