Ainaro
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Ainaro | |
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Ainaro | |
Elevation | 831 m (2,726 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (TLT) |
Climate | Am |
Ainaro is a town in
Ainaro administrative post and the Ainaro Municipality, and is located in the southwest part of the country. The town of Ainaro is located 78 km south of Dili
, the national capital.
Destruction of Ainaro
During the
TNI orchestrated scorched earth operation
with more than 95 percent of its buildings destroyed.
Climate
Ainaro's climate lies on the border between a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) and a tropical monsoon climate (Am). Compared to Dili, Ainaro receives about two-and-a-half times more annual rainfall because it lies on the windward side of the southeastern trade winds, which especially during the first half of Dili's dry season give moisture to the southeastern side of Timor whilst the northern side is dry.
Climate data for Ainaro, East Timor (1928-1941) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.7 (71.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.4 (65.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | 14.4 (57.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 341.5 (13.44) |
337.6 (13.29) |
338.7 (13.33) |
202.1 (7.96) |
166.7 (6.56) |
92.6 (3.65) |
47.6 (1.87) |
6.3 (0.25) |
26.8 (1.06) |
94.8 (3.73) |
217.8 (8.57) |
454.5 (17.89) |
2,326.8 (91.61) |
Average rainy days | 17.9 | 16.3 | 18.7 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 9.8 | 17.7 | 129.8 |
Source: NOAA[1] |
Sister cities
- Madison, United States
- Ballarat, Australia
References
- ^ "Portuguese Climatological Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
External links
- Media related to Vila Ainaro at Wikimedia Commons
- Madison-Ainaro Sister City Alliance
- Cafe Timor Just Coffee