Purificación, Tolima

Municipality and town in Tolima Department, Colombia

Purificación, Tolima

Municipality and town

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Puri, villa de las palmas (palm tree town)

Location of the municipality and town of Purificación, Tolima in the Tolima Department of Colombia.

Coordinates: 3°51′31″N 74°55′50″W﻿ / ﻿3.85861°N 74.93056°W﻿ / 3.85861; -74.93056
Country|  Colombia
Department| Tolima Department
Province| Southeastern
Government

• 2020| Cristián Andrés Barragán
Area

• Total

| 422 km2 (163 sq mi)
Elevation

| 329 m (1,079 ft)
Population

(2017)

• Total

| 29,539
Time zone| UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Purificación is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia.[1]

## Climate

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Climate data for Purificacion (Lozania), elevation 400 m (1,300 ft), (1981–2010)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 32.2
(90.0)  | 32.3
(90.1)  | 32.1
(89.8)  | 31.4
(88.5)  | 31.3
(88.3)  | 31.5
(88.7)  | 32.1
(89.8)  | 33.2
(91.8)  | 32.8
(91.0)  | 31.7
(89.1)  | 31.3
(88.3)  | 31.5
(88.7)  | 32.0
(89.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 26.5
(79.7)  | 26.6
(79.9)  | 26.5
(79.7)  | 26.2
(79.2)  | 26.2
(79.2)  | 26.0
(78.8)  | 26.0
(78.8)  | 26.6
(79.9)  | 26.7
(80.1)  | 26.3
(79.3)  | 26.3
(79.3)  | 26.4
(79.5)  | 26.4
(79.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 20.7
(69.3)  | 20.7
(69.3)  | 20.8
(69.4)  | 21.4
(70.5)  | 20.8
(69.4)  | 20.2
(68.4)  | 19.9
(67.8)  | 19.9
(67.8)  | 20.2
(68.4)  | 20.9
(69.6)  | 21.0
(69.8)  | 21.0
(69.8)  | 20.6
(69.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 119.6
(4.71)  | 146.8
(5.78)  | 215.9
(8.50)  | 231.7
(9.12)  | 193.7
(7.63)  | 85.2
(3.35)  | 49.7
(1.96)  | 53.7
(2.11)  | 135.8
(5.35)  | 288.6
(11.36)  | 280.0
(11.02)  | 186.9
(7.36)  | 1,976.5
(77.81)
Average precipitation days  | 11  | 13  | 16  | 18  | 18  | 14  | 11  | 9  | 13  | 19  | 18  | 15  | 175
Average relative humidity (%)  | 80  | 80  | 82  | 84  | 84  | 82  | 79  | 75  | 77  | 81  | 83  | 82  | 80
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2]

Climate data for Purificación (Sta Helena), elevation 300 m (980 ft), (1981–2010)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 32.9
(91.2)  | 33.1
(91.6)  | 32.7
(90.9)  | 31.7
(89.1)  | 31.7
(89.1)  | 32.2
(90.0)  | 33.1
(91.6)  | 34.1
(93.4)  | 33.3
(91.9)  | 31.9
(89.4)  | 31.5
(88.7)  | 31.9
(89.4)  | 32.5
(90.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 27.9
(82.2)  | 27.8
(82.0)  | 27.7
(81.9)  | 27.1
(80.8)  | 27.1
(80.8)  | 27.3
(81.1)  | 27.6
(81.7)  | 28.3
(82.9)  | 27.9
(82.2)  | 27.0
(80.6)  | 27.0
(80.6)  | 27.3
(81.1)  | 27.5
(81.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 22.9
(73.2)  | 22.9
(73.2)  | 23.0
(73.4)  | 22.9
(73.2)  | 22.7
(72.9)  | 22.3
(72.1)  | 21.8
(71.2)  | 22.2
(72.0)  | 22.6
(72.7)  | 22.5
(72.5)  | 22.6
(72.7)  | 22.8
(73.0)  | 22.6
(72.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 89.9
(3.54)  | 118.7
(4.67)  | 155.4
(6.12)  | 230.3
(9.07)  | 210.3
(8.28)  | 82.1
(3.23)  | 57.0
(2.24)  | 52.0
(2.05)  | 141.5
(5.57)  | 228.0
(8.98)  | 193.5
(7.62)  | 142.0
(5.59)  | 1,696.5
(66.79)
Average precipitation days  | 8  | 10  | 12  | 17  | 17  | 10  | 8  | 7  | 11  | 16  | 15  | 11  | 141
Average relative humidity (%)  | 74  | 73  | 75  | 77  | 77  | 75  | 71  | 68  | 70  | 76  | 77  | 76  | 74
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 127.1  | 107.3  | 102.3  | 99.0  | 124.0  | 168.0  | 182.9  | 192.2  | 159.0  | 111.6  | 105.0  | 120.9  | 1,599.3
Mean daily sunshine hours | 4.1  | 3.8  | 3.3  | 3.3  | 4.0  | 5.6  | 5.9  | 6.2  | 5.3  | 3.6  | 3.5  | 3.9  | 4.4
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Purificación". www.purificacion-tolima.gov.co. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
2. ^ a b "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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Municipalities in Tolima Department

* Alpujarra
* Alvarado
* Ambalema
* Anzoategui
* Armero
* Ataco
* Cajamarca
* Carmen de Apicala
* Casabianca
* Chaparral
* Coello
* Coyaima
* Cunday
* Dolores
* El Espinal
* Falan
* Flandes
* Fresno
* Guamo
* Herveo
* Honda
* Ibagué
* Icononzo
* Lérida
* Líbano
* Mariquita
* Melgar
* Murillo
* Natagaima
* Ortega
* Palocabildo
* Piedras
* Planadas
* Prado
* Purificacion
* Rioblanco
* Roncesvalles
* Rovira
* Saldaña
* San Antonio
* San Luis
* Santa Isabel
* Suarez
* Valle de San Juan
* Venadillo
* Villahermosa
* Villarrica

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