Oviedo, Dominican Republic
Place in Pedernales, Dominican Republic
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Oviedo is a city and municipality in the Pedernales province of the Dominican Republic. It is the southernmost city of the Dominican Republic and of the Hispaniola island.
Country
Dominican Republic
Dominican RepublicDistance to
– Pedernales
60 km
– Pedernales
60 km
Oviedo | |
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.png) Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Oviedo Location of Oviedo in the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates: 17°46′48″N 71°22′12″W | |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Province | Pedernales |
| Municipality since | 1957 |
| Area | |
• Total | 799.86 km2 (308.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
• Total | 10,986 |
| • Density | 13.735/km2 (35.573/sq mi) |
| Distance to – Pedernales | 60 km |
| Municipal Districts | 0 |
| Climate | Aw |
Climate
| Climate data for Oviedo, Dominican Republic (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) |
33.2 (91.8) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
30.4 (86.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 33.3 (1.31) |
24.0 (0.94) |
22.6 (0.89) |
32.9 (1.30) |
95.8 (3.77) |
95.0 (3.74) |
66.0 (2.60) |
98.7 (3.89) |
161.5 (6.36) |
113.3 (4.46) |
58.8 (2.31) |
30.3 (1.19) |
832.2 (32.76) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 60.8 |
| Source: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
Sources
- Deprecated link at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04) – World-Gazetteer.com
