The Tierras Nuevas Poniente 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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98° on Nov. 14, 1983, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1900. Next is 95° in 1905.
Tierras Nuevas Poniente’s center stands about 60 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 0 ft to 300 ft, a difference of 300 ft: rolling country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Cerro Malo, about 2,240 ft, 15 miles south-southeast.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 15×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Tierras Nuevas Poniente has a tropical rainforest climate. Summer afternoons average 87° in June; winter nights fall to about 65° in February. About 62 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Tierras Nuevas Poniente normally reaches 84° and falls to 69°. The record high is 98°, in 1983; the record low 59°, in 1944. The most rain on this date, 2.90 in, fell in 1963.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1900 at Manati 2 E, 3 miles south-southeast, 190 ft higher. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
