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3. Precipitation<br />

HATO AIRPORT, CURAÇAO<br />

A. Area and Climate<br />

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR<br />

(Total average) monthly rainfall (in mm)<br />

1971-2000 1) 45 26 14 20 20 19 40 42 49 84 97 100 553<br />

2005 108 26 0 1 88 91 9 1 58 123 230 107 842<br />

2006 81 54 21 1 3 38 26 13 16 65 49 33 400<br />

2007 47 21 0 2 1 10 38 63 94 99 52 125 552<br />

2008 38 23 38 20 5 18 49 68 36 211 193 79 778<br />

Maximum precipitation in one day<br />

1971-2000 1) 35 36 40 69 78 37 69 95 70 106 118 95 118<br />

2005 20 7 0 1 35 53 3 1 27 41 60 32 60<br />

2006 21 21 10 0 2 23 5 5 7 53 16 12 53<br />

2007 15 10 0 2 1 6 14 42 54 32 16 23 54<br />

2008 9 9 23 19 4 9 13 30 14 51 52 13 52<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> rain days 2)<br />

1971-2000 1) 9 5 3 3 2 3 6 5 5 7 10 12 70<br />

2005 19 8 0 0 7 6 3 1 4 10 16 13 87<br />

2006 14 9 4 0 2 4 7 4 3 5 7 6 65<br />

2007 12 4 0 1 1 3 5 2 7 10 8 20 73<br />

2008 7 6 2 1 2 3 9 8 5 14 14 14 85<br />

PRINCESS JULIANA AIRPORT, SINT MAARTEN<br />

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR<br />

(Total average) monthly rainfall (in mm)<br />

1971-2000 1) 66 51 45 64 93 62 72 99 140 113 149 94 1047<br />

2005 101 29 15 122 104 153 212 221 74 220 107 66 1424<br />

2006 145 36 34 75 259 152 125 187 75 361 138 85 1672<br />

2007 78 53 169 27 75 73 112 97 158 266 48 133 1289<br />

2008 88 89 46 46 33 80 91 233 258 244 97 . .<br />

Maximum precipitation in one day<br />

1971-2000 1) 41 76 43 101 118 110 65 90 258 122 254 123 258<br />

2005 20 4 8 44 25 48 69 81 14 43 40 17 81<br />

2006 48 7 16 17 78 33 31 40 30 193 26 10 193<br />

2007 17 14 65 14 36 27 30 17 55 77 14 16 77<br />

2008 20 14 12 19 15 31 25 91 54 139 46 . .<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> rain days 2)<br />

1971-2000 1) 12 9 9 12 10 8 12 14 14 14 15 13 142<br />

2005 18 9 4 5 12 11 19 22 12 20 16 14 162<br />

2006 17 8 5 10 10 16 19 14 12 17 13 23 164<br />

2007 12 10 9 3 11 9 16 12 16 14 11 22 145<br />

2008 14 18 12 2 9 9 9 16 19 15 9 . .<br />

Source: Meteorological Service - Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands Antilles and Aruba<br />

1) Climatological standard period, as available<br />

2) Days with 1,0 mm or more precipitation<br />

Statistical Yearbook <strong>2009</strong> 7

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