Eyes on Costa Rica and Weather Records - July 2024

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During July, visits to this blog were received from the following 12 countries:

Each country is followed in brackets by the total number of visits received since records first started to be kept in November 2012.

From the time I started to keep track, the total number of countries and non-independent jurisdictions from which visits have been received remains at 136. Of this number, 13 are non-independent jurisdictions - e.g. the Cayman Islands, a self-governing British Overseas Territory from which 11 visits have been received.

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The following is a summary of weather for July in the area where we live:

The daytime high temperatures are shade temperatures. The average high in July this year was slightly lower than July last year. The average overnight low was slightly higher.

Concurrently, the total rainfall in July this year was almost double the amount last year. This was good news because increased rainfall serves to top up water reservoirs behind Costa Rica's hydroelectric dams. Earlier this year, water levels had dipped to a point where circulating power blackouts became a serious risk (see my blog post on June 9, 2024).

Information on current and recent weather conditions, climate change and more in various parts of Costa Rica can be obtained from the website of IMN: Instituto Meteorológico Nacional de Costa Rica (Spanish) or National Institute of Meteorology (English). IMN also has a Facebook page which may be of interest.