Cerro Las Minas
Mountain in Honduras
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Cerro Las Minas is the highest mountain in Honduras. Cerro Las Minas is located in the rugged and relatively isolated Lempira Department in the western part of the country. A Honduran national park, the Celaque National Park, was established in 1987 for the mountain and some 266 square kilometres (65,730 acres) of surrounding territory.
Elevation2,870 m (9,420 ft)
Prominence2,069 m (6,788 ft)[1]
| Cerro Las Minas | |
|---|---|
| Montana de Celaque | |
The Cordillera de Celaque | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,870 m (9,420 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,069 m (6,788 ft)[1] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 14°32′03″N 88°40′48″W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Cerro Las Minas Location of Cerro Las Minas in Honduras | |
| Location | Lempira Department, Honduras |
| Parent range | Cordillera de Celaque |
It is part of the Cordillera de Celaque mountain range and is given the name "Pico Celaque, 2849m" on local 1:50,000 topographic mapping, but SRTM data suggests that 2870 m is more accurate.[3]
Climate
Cerro Las Minas have an oceanic subtropical highland climate. (Köppen: Cfb)
| Climate data for Cerró Las Minas, elevation 2,800 m (9,200 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3 (27) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−6 (21) |
−6 (21) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.9 (1.85) |
51.4 (2.02) |
52.4 (2.06) |
48.7 (1.92) |
47.0 (1.85) |
110.4 (4.35) |
105.6 (4.16) |
106.3 (4.19) |
103.1 (4.06) |
108.2 (4.26) |
107.2 (4.22) |
70.4 (2.77) |
957.6 (37.71) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 10.9 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 19.1 | 19.0 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 197.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 81 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.9 | 149.6 | 136.4 | 105.0 | 108.5 | 117.0 | 133.3 | 136.4 | 123.0 | 117.8 | 126.0 | 158.1 | 1,594 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| Source: Viewweather(https://es.viewweather.com/w2169353-pronostico-del-tiempo-para-cerro_las_minas-departamento_de_lempira.html) | |||||||||||||
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