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This was just 62 mm (2.4 in) short of the global record for 12-hour tropical cyclone rainfall set by Cyclone Denise in 1966. [14] Other notable rainfall totals include 770 mm (30 in) in Cancún, and 376.5 mm (14.82 in) in Loché, Yucatán. [15] Wilma lashed parts of the Yucatán Peninsula with tropical storm-force winds for nearly 50 hours. [4]
Decreased activity correlated to decreased shipwreck rates in the Maunder Minimum [22: Blackwood Sinkhole: Bahamas: Sand deposits in sinkhole: 3,000: A stage without intense storms between 2,900 – 2,500 years ago, followed by an active period that lasted until 1,000 years ago.
Playa del Carmen, known colloquially as 'Playa', is a resort city located along the Caribbean Sea in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is part of the municipality of Solidaridad . As of 2020, the city's population was just over 300,000 people during 2020, a small yet thriving portion of which are foreign immigrants .
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August is the city's wettest month, with an average of 14 days with significant precipitation. Even during the rainy season precipitation tends to be concentrated in large rainstorms. Occasional tropical storms will bring thunderstorms to the city in November, though the month is typically dry. There is a marked dry season in the winter.
The area has suffered damage from Hurricane John in 2006, Tropical Storm Julio in 2008, Hurricane Jimena in 2009, Hurricane Paul in 2012, and Hurricane Odile in 2014. All five hurricanes created major precipitation followed by high floods. All over the Mulegé area, from the Pacific to the Gulf of California, rainfall and floods were devastating.
A dry lake bed, also known as a playa (/ ˈ p l aɪ-ə /), is a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappears when evaporation processes exceed recharge. If the floor of a dry lake is covered by deposits of alkaline compounds, it is known as an alkali flat.
The Marieta Islands (Spanish: Islas Marietas) are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles off the coast of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, located in federal waters approximately 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) southwest of the peninsula known as Punta de Mita, in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas.