Eyes on Costa Rica and Weather Records - August 2025

During August, visits to this blog were received from the following 22 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 has risen to 138. Of this number, 13 are non-independent jurisdictions - for example the U.S. Virgin Islands - an unincorporated territory of the United States from which 1 visit has been received.

The latest country is Mongolia, a country in East Asia bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south:

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The following is a summary of the weather for August in the area where we live in Costa Rica:

The average daytime high and overnight low temperatures were close to those measured in August last year. But, the amount of rainfall was significantly higher (about 40% higher).

The rainy or green season carries on. But, it appears that the "little or mini summer" (veranito in Spanish) interruption which began prematurely in early July ended in July and that we should now expect significantly more rainfall in September (all of which may be subject to worldwide climate change issues).

ARCR (Association of Residents of Costa Rica) has recently published the 2025 September-October issue of its EL RESIDENTE magazine. The headline article in this issue is focused on the rainy season in Costa Rica:

From that article, it may be discerned that the timing and nature of the rainy season in the Central Valley of Costa Rica (where Lance and I live) differs from that on the Caribbean side of the country.

The ARCR magazine contains many other articles and references which may be of general interest or to those planning a visit or move to Costa Rica.

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.