Mean Monthly and Annual Maximum, Minimum, and Mean Temperature
Puerto Rico

Statistic: 30-year average daily maximum, minimum, and mean temperature
Time period: 1963-1995
Time interval: monthly
Spatial format: grid
Data format: ARC/Info ASCII GRID

 Projection: Geographic
Spatial resolution: 7.5 arc-seconds (~225 meters)
Spatial Extent: Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra
Units: Tenths of degrees Celsius
Date created: November 2002
Methods: The PRISM modeling system and Gaussian filter resolution enhancement. See FGDC-compliant metadata for details: maximum, minimum, mean.

Examples 
January Mean Minimum
Temperature, entire region
July Mean Maximum Temperature,
Luquillo Mountain Range
Features
  • Reviewed and approved by regional experts
  • Incorporates topographic effects on temperature
  • Includes coastal effects on temperature
  • Accounts for temperature inversions in inland valleys
  • Consistent treatment and spatial quality control of station data
  • "Universal" geographic (latitude/longitude) projection allows conversion to any other coordinate system
  • High-resolution, 7.5-second (<250 m) grids
  • Data format allows for easy import into ESRI's GIS products, as well as MAPINFO and Intergraph's GeoMedia

Data used in analysis

  • 50 National Weather Service stations
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