Lago Sul
Administrative region in Central-West, Brazil
Lago Sul (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈla.ɡu ˈsuw]; lit. South Lake) is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. It is located on the south side of the eastern shore of Lake Paranoá, opposite of Brasília and Lago Norte. The Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport is located in the southwesternmost edge of the region.
01Geography
Lago Sul is part of the Brazilian Highlands, with large amounts of cerrado vegetation.
Climate
Lago Sul has a tropical savanna climate (Aw in the Köppen Classification).
| Climate data for Lago Sul (1991-2020, extremes 1961-present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.6 (90.7) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
35.7 (96.3) |
36.4 (97.5) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.7 (92.7) |
36.4 (97.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.0 (62.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
1.6 (34.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 206.0 (8.11) |
179.5 (7.07) |
226.0 (8.90) |
145.2 (5.72) |
26.9 (1.06) |
3.3 (0.13) |
1.5 (0.06) |
16.3 (0.64) |
38.1 (1.50) |
141.8 (5.58) |
253.1 (9.96) |
241.1 (9.49) |
1,478.8 (58.22) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 109 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.7 | 74.2 | 76.1 | 72.2 | 65.4 | 58.8 | 51.0 | 43.5 | 46.4 | 58.8 | 74.5 | 76.0 | 64.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 159.6 | 158.9 | 168.7 | 200.8 | 237.9 | 247.6 | 268.3 | 273.5 | 225.7 | 191.3 | 138.3 | 145.0 | 2,415.6 |
| Source 1: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows) | |||||||||||||
Sources and credits
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- Brasilia - Federal District, Brazil - panoramio.jpg by Josue Marinho, CC BY 3.0
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