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Belize's total size is 22,966 km 2 (8,867 sq mi), of which 22,806 km 2 (8,805 sq mi) is land and 160 km 2 (62 sq mi) is water. Belize is the only country in Central America without a Pacific coastline.
This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group , derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit .
The ocean temperature plays a crucial role in the global climate system, ocean currents and for marine habitats. It varies depending on depth, geographical location and season. Not only does the temperature differ in seawater, so does the salinity. Warm surface water is generally saltier than the cooler deep or polar waters. [1]
Annual rainfall is approximately 1,500–1,600 mm (59–63 in) per year. The coolest period is from November to January, with an average temperature range from 21–26.5C; the warmest period is April to May when average maximum temperatures rise to 31.5C. The record low is 9C and record high is 38C.
The month of July 2023 was the hottest month on record globally. ... Belize: 42.3 °C (108.1 °F) ... Coldest average monthly temperature in the Northern Hemisphere: ...
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Belize has been uniquely endowed with substantial surface and groundwater resources. A dependable tropical/subtropical rainfall pattern in the Northwest Caribbean region replenishes the freshwater resource after extended dry periods, which are often induced by recurrent atmospheric / oceanic phenomena such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), and ...
In doing so, every few months, it generates cyclonic, counterclockwise gyres, characterised by a central water level depression of 8–12 inches (20–30 cm), which take 2–3 months to progress westwards along the Honduran coast towards the Belize Barrier Reef.