| September 3, 2024 | No.185 |
August 2024
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We had 15.84 inches of rain at the Palmira Arriba Station during the month of August 2024.
Rainfall for August 2024 |
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Area |
Contributors |
August 2024 |
Total 2024 |
| El Salto Arriba | Beth Corwin | 9.59 | 61.86 |
El Santuario |
Robert Boyd |
n/a | n/a |
| Bajo Lino | Rodrigo Marciacq | 11.64 | n/a |
| Los Cabazon | Don Hughes | 13.84 | 72.59 |
Jaramillo Arriba |
Steve Sarner |
20.45 | 115.66 |
| Jaramillo Arriba | Mark Heyer | 15.75 | 81.59 |
Jaramillo Abajo |
John McGann |
18.86 | 121.51 |
| Palo Alto | Nancy Pettersen | 14.93 | 74.86 |
| Valle Escondido | Gisela Remsen | 14.39 | 74.19 |
| Brisas Boquetenas | Dennis Decorte | 40.40 | 178.07 |
| Brisas Boquetenas | Richard Sturz | 40.26 | 199.65 |
| El Encanto (Volcancito) | Brian Baldwin | 13.18 | 69.63 |
Cerro Verde (Volcancito) |
Charlotte Lintz |
8.26 | 55.70 |
Santa Lucia |
Paula Litt |
16.86 | 93.40 |
| Caldera | Chris McCall | 25.90 | 127.00 |
| Lucero | Mike Joy | 35.11 | 183.25 |
| Palmira Abajo | Andrea Boraine | 32.1 | n/a |
| Palmira Abajo | Dave Nichols | 26.19 | 113.25 |
Palmira Arriba |
Lloyd Cripe |
15.84 | 90.58 |
| El Banco (Potrerillos Arriba) | Laura Daniels | ? | 124.25 |
| N/A = Not
Available Red = Highest rainfalls Green = Lowest rainfall |
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The highest reported rainfalls are noted with the red boxes. The highest was 40.40 inches at Brisas Boquetenas reported by Dennis Decore and 40.26 reported by Richard Sturz. Mike Joy reported 35.11 inches at Lucero. The lowest rainfall was 8.26 inches reported by Charlotte Lintz at Cerro Verde high up on the Volcancito Road. Beth Corwin reported 9.59 inches at El Salto Arriba.
Looking at the past data from the Palmira Arriba Station over a span of 18 years, the average rainfall for the months of August is 17.01 inches. The range is 35.47 with a low of 4.41 to a high of 39.88 inches of rain. This month's 15.84 inches is -1.17 inches below the annual mean of 17.01 inches. This is -0.12 standard deviations below the mean which is statistically within the normal range.
Here is a summary of the statistics for the months of August collected over a span of 18 years.
Palmira Arriba Station August Rainfalls
over 18 Years
You can Check it out for yourself here.
Last month the average winds at the Palmira Station were 1.93 mph with maximum winds of 20.10 mph.
The average temperature in August was 70.46 degrees Fahrenheit. The lowest temperature was 62.2 degrees Fahrenheit and the highest was 83.3 F.
You can check out all of last months posted weather data for August at this link.
The latest ENSO Cycle Report is saying that "ENSO-neutral conditions are present. Equatorial sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are above average in the western Pacific and near-to-below-average in the eastern Pacific Ocean. ENSO-neutral is expected to continue for the next several months, with La Niña favored to emerge during September-November (66% chance) and persist through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2024-25 (74% chance during November-January)."
Here is a link to a source to better understand El Niño in case you need some help interpreting what this all means. Give this a read and you will learn a lot about this important weather phenomenon that affects global weather. It has more effect upon the Northern Latitudes than it has upon us here in the tropics. From this article it appears that the effects on our area will be "warm and dry."
The IRI (International Research Institute for Climate and Society) (select South America from the Region menu) is predicting some chance that parts of Panama will probably have above normal precipitation during the months of September-October-November 2024 (light green).
IMHPA (Instituto de Meteorología e Hidrología de Panamá) documents section predicts that the September rainfall for Chiriqui will be normal to below normal levels. You can read all of their report and check out the details in the "documents" section at this link.
We are currently in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle as I write this report. We will miss out on the September rain in Paradise, but should be back for what is often the rainiest month of the rainy season - October.
Good luck with the month's rain and of course be sure that you always have your umbrellas nearby and ready for combat.
Lloyd Cripe