Municipality and city in Amazonía Region, Colombia
Mocoa (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈko.a] ) (Kamsá: Shatjok[ 2] ) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia .
The city is located in the northwest of the Putumayo department . The municipality borders the departments of Nariño to the west and Cauca to the north.
On March 31, 2017, mudslides in Mocoa left more than 254[ 3] people dead, and hundreds missing.[ 4]
Climate
Climate data for Mocoa (Mocoa Acueducto), elevation 650 m (2,130 ft), (1981–2010)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
27.5 (81.5)
27.6 (81.7)
27.2 (81.0)
27.2 (81.0)
26.5 (79.7)
25.8 (78.4)
26.1 (79.0)
26.7 (80.1)
27.7 (81.9)
28.3 (82.9)
28.1 (82.6)
27.9 (82.2)
27.2 (81.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)
23.4 (74.1)
23.4 (74.1)
23.2 (73.8)
23.0 (73.4)
22.6 (72.7)
22.0 (71.6)
21.9 (71.4)
22.3 (72.1)
23.0 (73.4)
23.3 (73.9)
23.4 (74.1)
23.4 (74.1)
22.9 (73.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
20.3 (68.5)
20.5 (68.9)
20.4 (68.7)
20.4 (68.7)
20.2 (68.4)
19.7 (67.5)
19.3 (66.7)
19.4 (66.9)
19.8 (67.6)
20.3 (68.5)
20.5 (68.9)
20.6 (69.1)
20.1 (68.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
200.6 (7.90)
227.1 (8.94)
273.1 (10.75)
383.5 (15.10)
442.3 (17.41)
473.5 (18.64)
411.3 (16.19)
348.0 (13.70)
296.3 (11.67)
237.2 (9.34)
236.0 (9.29)
214.8 (8.46)
3,656.3 (143.95)
Average precipitation days
19
19
23
24
26
26
25
23
20
21
20
21
260
Average relative humidity (%)
85
84
86
86
87
88
87
84
82
82
83
85
85
Mean monthly sunshine hours
99.2
84.7
80.6
81.0
74.4
66.0
74.4
93.0
108.0
117.8
108.0
111.6
1,098.7
Mean daily sunshine hours
3.2
3.0
2.6
2.7
2.4
2.2
2.4
3.0
3.6
3.8
3.6
3.6
3.0
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales [ 5]
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