Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This climate is characterized by relatively even temperatures throughout the year (all months being greater than 18 °C (64 °F) average temperature), and a pronounced dry season. The driest month has less than 60 mm of precipitation, but more than (100-(average/25) mm. This climate is mid-way between a tropical rainforest and a tropical savannah.
Montezuma is a town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica which began as a remote fishing village and has gained popularity since the 1980s among tourists on a budget. Montezuma is located near the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, 41 km (25 mi) southwest of Paquera and 8 km (5 mi) south of the town of Cóbano. Most services are in Cóbano.
Highest average monthly temperature: 42.3 °C (108.1 °F), in Death Valley, California, for the month of July 2018. [ 196 ] [ 197 ] Highest temperature north of the Arctic Circle: 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) in Verkhoyansk , Russia on 20 June 2020.
The Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve is a Nature Reserve of Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area in the province of Puntarenas, covering an area of 3,140 acres (12.7 km 2) terrestrial and 4,420 acres (17.9 km 2) marine on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula near Montezuma-Cabuya and Mal Pais.
They were built at intervals of about 10 to 12 hours of hiking from each other. There was a rule of leaving firewood ready for the next guest. In 1990, the Ministry of Culture recognized the importance of the resting stop houses, and in 20 November 2016 the "Casa Refugio Ojo de Agua" was restored and is now a small museum.
Temperatures on Mount Chirripo during the day can range between 4 and 18 °C (39 and 64 °F), and at night they can drop from 1 and −3 °C (34 and 27 °F). The coldest temperature ever documented in Costa Rica was recorded here (−9 °C (16 °F)).
November 3–5, 2020 – The outer bands of Hurricane Eta brought significant rainfall to Costa Rica. A mudslide killed 2 people as flooding was reported in parts of the country. [63] [64] June 30–July 1, 2022 – Tropical Storm Bonnie makes landfall in Costa Rica, just south of the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border.
The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde) is a Costa Rican reserve located along the Cordillera de Tilarán within the Puntarenas and Alajuela provinces. Named after the nearby town of Monteverde and founded in 1972, [1] the Reserve consists of over 10,500 hectares (26,000 acres) of cloud forest ...