Sumenep Town (Indonesian: Kota Sumenep, Madurese: Kottha Songennep; Pronunciation [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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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