Montecristo National Park is a large national park centered on the Montecristo cloud forest in Mesoamerica. Montecristo National Park is located in the north-western tip of El Salvador, a country in Central America known for its wildlife diversity.

It was founded in 2008, and covers an area of 19.73 km2.[1] The national park, together with Montecristo Trifinio National Park in Honduras and Trifinio Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala, form the Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve.

Climate

Climate data for Planes de Montecristo, El Salvador (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 20.0
(68.0) 		21.3
(70.3) 		22.7
(72.9) 		23.1
(73.6) 		22.3
(72.1) 		21.7
(71.1) 		21.9
(71.4) 		22.2
(72.0) 		21.3
(70.3) 		20.7
(69.3) 		20.2
(68.4) 		19.9
(67.8) 		21.4
(70.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 15.2
(59.4) 		15.9
(60.6) 		16.9
(62.4) 		17.9
(64.2) 		17.9
(64.2) 		17.6
(63.7) 		17.5
(63.5) 		17.8
(64.0) 		17.2
(63.0) 		16.8
(62.2) 		16.0
(60.8) 		15.5
(59.9) 		16.9
(62.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 10.3
(50.5) 		10.5
(50.9) 		11.2
(52.2) 		12.6
(54.7) 		13.6
(56.5) 		13.6
(56.5) 		13.2
(55.8) 		13.4
(56.1) 		13.1
(55.6) 		12.8
(55.0) 		11.9
(53.4) 		11.1
(52.0) 		12.3
(54.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 10
(0.4) 		11
(0.4) 		20
(0.8) 		81
(3.2) 		245
(9.6) 		417
(16.4) 		328
(12.9) 		324
(12.8) 		436
(17.2) 		222
(8.7) 		53
(2.1) 		21
(0.8) 		2,168
(85.3)
Average relative humidity (%) 65 63 62 61 71 79 76 77 82 77 70 66 71
Source: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales[2]

References

  1. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Parque Nacional Montecristo from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 9 September 2021. [1]
  2. ^ "Normales climatológicas". Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. Retrieved February 2, 2023.

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