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  • Maximum temperature at El Verde Field Station, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico from January 1975 to August 1992
  • Ramirez, Alonso; University of Puerto Rico
  • 2023-05-09
  • Ramirez, A. 2023. Maximum temperature at El Verde Field Station, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico from January 1975 to August 1992 ver 200037. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/861809bf43d2c72951503198f349c713 (Accessed 2024-04-25).

  • Daily emperature has been measured at the El Verde Field Station since 1975 (see methods). Average record show that maximum values for maximum temperature recorded from May to October with a range from 29 to 30 and peaks of 29.7 Centigrade in October. The months of October through December show the most dramatic increase, specially December. Highest average maximum temperatures during these years were recorded in 1998 and 1999.

    Support for this work was provided by grants BSR-8811902, DEB-9411973, DEB-9705814 , DEB-0080538, DEB-0218039 , DEB-0620910 , DEB-1239764, DEB-1546686, and DEB-1831952 from the National Science Foundation to the University of Puerto Rico as part of the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Additional support provided by the University of Puerto Rico and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

  • N: 18.321163      S: 18.321163      E: -65.81991      W: -65.81991
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  • https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/861809bf43d2c72951503198f349c713
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