Esperanza
Esperanza Comunidad | |
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Community | |
Motto: A town of “Hope” | |
Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
Municipality | Vieques |
Area | |
• Total | 1.27 sq mi (3.3 km2) |
• Land | 1.27 sq mi (3.3 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 695 ft (212 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,219 |
• Density | 959.8/sq mi (370.6/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( AST) |
Area code | 787 |
Website |
vieques |
Esperanza is a comunidad in Puerto Real Barrio, on the south side of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. [2] It was the location of Hacienda Casa del Frances, a historic site listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [3]
Due to the town's location inside the tropics, its low elevation, and its position in the Caribbean Sea, Esperanza experiences a Tropical rainforest climate ( Köppen Af). This results in a hot and wet climate throughout the year, with no significant change in temperature between seasons. Precipitation is spread evenly around the year, but the town experiences its greatest rainfall between the months of Aug-Nov.
Climate data for Esperanza, PR (Normals 2011, Extremes 1944-1994) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 92 (33) |
100 (38) |
93 (34) |
98 (37) |
94 (34) |
99 (37) |
99 (37) |
96 (36) |
95 (35) |
94 (34) |
94 (34) |
94 (34) |
96 (36) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 84 (29) |
84 (29) |
85 (29) |
87 (31) |
87 (31) |
89 (32) |
89 (32) |
89 (32) |
89 (32) |
89 (32) |
87 (31) |
85 (29) |
87 (31) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 76 (24) |
76 (24) |
77 (25) |
79 (26) |
80 (27) |
82 (28) |
82 (28) |
82 (28) |
82 (28) |
81 (27) |
80 (27) |
77 (25) |
80 (27) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 69 (21) |
68 (20) |
69 (21) |
71 (22) |
73 (23) |
75 (24) |
75 (24) |
75 (24) |
74 (23) |
73 (23) |
72 (22) |
70 (21) |
72 (22) |
Record low °F (°C) | 50 (10) |
51 (11) |
54 (12) |
55 (13) |
58 (14) |
60 (16) |
60 (16) |
59 (15) |
57 (14) |
63 (17) |
58 (14) |
59 (15) |
57 (14) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.72 (94) |
2.76 (70) |
3.22 (82) |
3.40 (86) |
7.19 (183) |
4.63 (118) |
4.38 (111) |
6.00 (152) |
6.46 (164) |
7.79 (198) |
7.73 (196) |
4.72 (120) |
5.16 (131) |
Source: Island Vieques [4] |