Eyes on Costa Rica and Weather Records - September 2021 / Covid-19 Update

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

The total number of countries and non-independent jurisdictions from which visits have been received remains at 133. Of this number, 13 are non-independent jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, etc.

The level of interest in my video "Landing at Juan Santamaría Airport, Costa Rica" has spiked in the last few months. It was first posted to YouTube and to my blog on August 26, 2017. Between July 2019 and February 2021 the number of views has risen from over 4400 views to over 6400 views - or roughly 95 views per month. Since February 2021 until now the number of views has reason to over 8000 views - or roughly 200 views per month.

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

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Covid-19 Update

The following table updates information which appeared in my blog entry posted on August 28, 2021:

Since my last post, the death rates in Canada and the United States have dropped by marginal amounts (0.10 and 0.04 percentage points respectively). That in Costa Rica is unchanged. 

If you want to see how some other country is doing in comparison to those listed, then visit the website of Worldometer. Numbers for populations, reported cases and reported deaths can be obtained from that site. All that is then needed is some simple math to calculate the percentage death rate for the other country and the death rate in that country compared to Costa Rica.

If you want more comprehensive and up-to-date information and statistics on the situation in Costa Rica, including various locales in Costa Rica, then the La Nacion newspaper is a good source. If you do not understand Spanish, then you will need a web browser (Google Chrome, Safari, etc.) which is set to translate to your language of choice from Spanish.

Eyes on Costa Rica and Weather Records - March 2019

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

My video posted in this blog on August 27, 2017 (Landing at Juan Santamaria International Airport) continues to attract interest. There have now been over 3800 views. During the last 6 months, the average has been about 100 views per month. I have no way of determining which countries the views are coming from. I expect many are from persons oblivious to this blog.

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Now for the weather. The following is a summary for the month of March in the area where we live:

Still no rain except threatening clouds and distant thunder on some days and an unmeasurable dribble of rain for a few minutes on one day. The lack of rain is now 4 months in row (December, January, February, March). The thunder came both from the direction of the Caribbean coast and the Pacific coast. As the crow flies, neither coast is very far away from where we live.

On some days, the measured temperature was relatively high - but was mitigated by low humidity leading to "feels like" temperatures lower than the actual temperature. An overnight low temperature of 57°F (13.9°C) was recorded on one day. Except when we drove to an altitude of about 11,000 feet (3350 m.) to walk around the area and view the Irazu Volcano, this was the lowest temperature we have yet encountered in Costa Rica.

By the way, if you are ever of a mind to visit the Irazu Volcano, shorts with tank tops or T-shirts are not the way to go. The temperature will probably be in the forties (Fahrenheit) or below 10°C and the UV index from the sun can be brutal. When we were there, it was amusing to see how many people were totally unprepared for the experience.

There are occasions in Costa Rica when you should wear full length pants and long sleeved shirts or other tops. A visit to the Irazu Volcano is one of them. For good measure, a sweater or jacket can help. As for your head, wear a hat or bring an umbrella.