Novo Progresso
Municipality in Northern, Brazil
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Novo Progresso is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
The city is served by Novo Progresso Airport
Historical context and purpose
The municipality of Novo Progresso, Jacareacanga and Trairão was separated from Itaituba on December 13, 1991.[6]
Geography
The municipality contains part of the 342,192 hectares (845,570 acres) Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005.[7] It also contains part of the 538,151 hectares (1,329,800 acres) Rio Novo National Park, a conservation unit created in 2006.[8] In contains the 1,301,683 hectares (3,216,530 acres) Jamanxim National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006 in which uncontrolled clearance of the Amazon rainforest was proceeding at a rapid pace.[9]
Climate
| Climate data for Novo Progresso | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.9 (85.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.9 (89.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 326 (12.8) |
360 (14.2) |
334 (13.1) |
250 (9.8) |
88 (3.5) |
36 (1.4) |
14 (0.6) |
26 (1.0) |
117 (4.6) |
183 (7.2) |
215 (8.5) |
318 (12.5) |
2,267 (89.2) |
| Source: http://en.climate-data.org/location/44150/ | |||||||||||||
