Sousa is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
Sousa | |
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Municipality | |
.jpg) Church catholic in Souza | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Paraíba |
| Mesoregion | Sertao Paraibana |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 69,723 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
It lies in the region called the Valley of the Dinosaurs, which contains a protected area containing dinosaur tracks.[6]The municipality established the Valley of the Dinosaurs Natural Monument, a fully protected area, in 2002.[7]
Climate
| Climate data for Sousa (São Gonçalo), Paraíba (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.6 (92.5) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.1 (89.8) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.9 (89.4) | 33.2 (91.8) | 34.7 (94.5) | 35.4 (95.7) | 35.4 (95.7) | 34.7 (94.5) | 33.1 (91.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.6 (79.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.0 (69.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.2 (70.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 163.2 (6.43) | 163.5 (6.44) | 252.9 (9.96) | 181.4 (7.14) | 124.4 (4.90) | 37.8 (1.49) | 21.0 (0.83) | 10.7 (0.42) | 2.0 (0.08) | 9.9 (0.39) | 12.2 (0.48) | 71.2 (2.80) | 1,050.2 (41.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 71 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69.0 | 73.7 | 76.1 | 76.6 | 73.3 | 64.6 | 56.1 | 51.0 | 49.6 | 54.4 | 56.8 | 62.9 | 63.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 261.7 | 235.2 | 253.3 | 248.8 | 253.6 | 251.8 | 262.8 | 291.6 | 294.9 | 315.6 | 303.6 | 283.7 | 3,256.6 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[8] | |||||||||||||
Sports
Sousa Esporte Clube is the municipality's football club.
See also
References
External links
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