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Seasons in Guatcwla are differentiated co the baste of rolnfoil, not on tenpcroture. Too monthly reuse In temperature Is. during January, the eoldeat month, Cunternle City has an overage tecpsrature ofegress while in Kay, the hottest- rxtnXh,verage teap^rature ioegrees. On the other hand,re significant differences bfltemeu the eraronu fromstandpoint of- rainfall.
Therero one cone in Oimtwmlaainydry- The rainy seenon, though it occuro during months of northern 'leniopacre ounwr la locally called lnvlcrco (literally,roao the dry eeunon of the true winter months ie celledusaar").
The rainy season la one of frequent cloudiness, low overcast and fog, as veil ee alraoct dally afternoon rein. In tho Pacific coaet erea end the hlahlondfl, tbe raioy season generally exteode from Key through October. On the Caribbean coast. It reins heavily all year exceptelatively drier ptriort during February, Korcb, end the first half of April.
Tb9 port of San Josi or tbe Pacific coast receives en average annual rainfall of opproxlaetelyncbee, aoat of vblcb fells during tbe aoatbe of Key through October. Tbsre le an average of fifty relay days, or, aore accurately, fifty relay aftemoone, during this seenon. The reinstaper off rather ahexply during Borwnber (with aa average of ooly five dtya ofnd Dec rob. r, January, February, act March eredry.
At Santaew miles Inland frca San Jose et en elevation ofeet, precipitation la considerably aore abundant. Tbe total annual rainfall averages approximatelyaches. The rainfall region, or eeaooDal distribution, is similar to that of San Joseronounced dry season beginning lo novenber and codlog In tbe letter part of April. Juno Is ths wettsot month of the yew> but thereoodexyrainfall psrlod In September aod October.
Gueterala Clt,y, located Inland sad at en elevationeet has dry and vet seasons of aloost equal length: May lo the first aoothainy eoa&oa that terminates during October. Ae ot both San Jose end Santa Yeabel, June endare the wettest noatbe.total rainfall et Cuateanla City averages aboutnches per year;ercent of thle preclpltatloo falls during the toy-to-October relay season.
Son Antonio, In the western high lands of Cue tarda northwest ofand near the Mexican border, haa cn ennunl rainfall ofnches. Ifcwscn, oc to other parts of the country, begins
io Way end *ada in October but there ore too ataalttcaot differencco ln thz ma Antodo areah in* la ouch cere precipitation both In the rainy season and in the drier oeneon. June and Snptaaber ore tbe wettesteach recelrlne about JO laches of rain por year. Bower, even the driest sooth orr regularly receives aa loch or two of rein and the total rainfall for tho "dry" seaecn averages ST lachRs.
tho highlands paralleling the Pacific coast and tbo Cchtfn aountaioo and hlllo that oxtand wotwird free tlw Gulf of Honduras, thanelatively dry bait. SoJaicft might b* ecMidnrad cs typical of tale area, althoughr*ln difference fre^uantly cause different ' within chart dletancte. aroas ln aalnaa ere very. olnllAr to ihoo* In th* previously Motionedbatry period froa Itovwwrr through April,lx-cootb rainy ceasco. Rownr, tha total oomml rainfall avarogas only oilg&tly rora0 locbaa. Jun? int.ty.-nt neath;Armnry, cirri February era vary dry. Although pr*clni datat currantiy available concerning tho precipitation In thrt area to tba south o?tn reliably reported that the territory star BI Program and Jolapa arc oven drlwr tboo to BalsaA. In fact, tbe trlftflfolary KJ. Proaroao, Jolapa, and Zacapa ia thonrt of
too area north of Cobno, oo tho other hand, i8 lacluOad ecoog tbo wettest parte of tbe country. The town of Chlaaa, for wspla, recrlvoonches of rain par year. Tbe rolcy season begins la Kay and lasts through Eovmbor, with mnxlinua rainfalls received la Jam and October. Thn SO-as lied dry season in this eraa is, laeas wet season nine* oven torn driest month, March, receivee aora than four inchaa of rain.
A conparlson of CM-rav with OubU^ultsew alios to tba north)oal cxaapla of how drastically the cllsBtc aayla Oonteaala 'flthlo relatively short distances. Tba ssasoaallty la slsdlar with Judo, Scptexber, aad October being the wettest noatba ord March tho drioot. However, tba total annual rainfall at th&llquits lanchsa, or shoutncbea sore thaa lo received at Ch infix-
Puerto Barrios on th* Gulf of Honduras rocelvennches of rain oath year andwaaonal rainfall pettorn slsdlar to those ofaantlooad except for tbA fact tbat tba dry season la vory short and ls not really dry. Approslaotely tan percent of tea yearly rainfall total Is received during the "dry" asasoaFebruary, March, and April. Precipitation during tbe other Booths ls frequant aad henry, particularly in July and October.
Generally throughout Guatemalatc tidy, and Kidocprcod rains (calledccui* frcqi'ADtly lo the second half of tba rainy season, during which th* aun scxetlnes resaina hldd.tR for esrarol daye oreek. At ouchight drlssllne roio (or drizzling fog) scats the coil orca nore intensively thaajopouro# with the result that tho roads intaudsd for automobile traffic oomctinae heccra lopac^shlo for tracks uolaoo theyolld rock foundation or oro built la areas of good draieago. In tba lowlands, vastaro froqui'ctly aad regularly flooded.
Thundnrstoras nrs quite frequent during tha rainyhut arc rare during the dry period. They also ere acre frequent In ccck iron tho of the rainy sronon thon In otuors; their number docrnaooa considerably aa soon cmtcmuoralea begin in tho aacond half of the rainy oaauoa-
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