Sumenep (town)
Sumenep Town (Indonesian: Kota Sumenep, Madurese: Kottha Songennep [kɔʈʈa sɔŋǝnnǝp], Pèghu: كَوڟّا سَوڠٓنّٓڤ Carakan: ꦏꦺꦴꦛ꧀ꦛꦯꦺꦴꦔꦼꦤ꧀ꦤꦼꦥ꧀) is a town on Madura Island in Indonesia; it is the administrative capital of Sumenep Regency, in East Java Province. Hugely prosperous in the eighteenth century, it is now a quiet, peaceful backwater, with its past glory still in evidence.
Climate
Sumenep has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with May to November and heavy rainfall from December to April.
Climate data for Sumenep | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.1 (89.8) | 32.7 (90.9) | 32.7 (90.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.6 (88.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.0 (80.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.7 (72.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.5 (72.5) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 275 (10.8) | 246 (9.7) | 244 (9.6) | 168 (6.6) | 122 (4.8) | 74 (2.9) | 37 (1.5) | 8 (0.3) | 7 (0.3) | 37 (1.5) | 112 (4.4) | 237 (9.3) | 1,567 (61.7) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[1] |
References
- ^ "Climate: Sumenep". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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