Saturday, July 18, 2009

Characteristic of the climate in the country.




  1. Lying along the equator, Indonesia has a tropical climate, with two distinct monsoonal wet and dry seasons. Average annual rainfall in the lowlands varies from 1780-3175 millimeters and up to 6100 millimeters in mountainous region.The extreme variations in rainfall are linked with the monsoons.Generally speaking, there is a dry season (June to September), influenced by the Australian continental air masses, and a rainy season (December to March) that is the result of mainland Asia and Pacific Ocean air masses. The humidity is generally high , averaging about 80%. Temperature vary little throughout the year , average daily temperature range of Jakarta is 26-30 °C. Jakarta has a hot and humind equatorial/tropical climate. Jakarta's wet season rainfall peak is January with average monthly rainfall of 350 millimeters and dry season low point is August with a monthly average of 60 millmeters.

    -Month /Temperature (oC) (Mean) /Precipitation (mm) (Mean)
    -January/27.1/384.7
    -February/27.3/309.8
    -March/28.4/100.3
    -April/28.8/257.8
    -May/29.0/133.4
    -June/28.1/83.1
    -July/28.7/30.8
    -August/28.5/34.2
    -September/29.3/29.0
    -October/29.1/33.1
    -November/28.1/175.0
    -December/28.5/84.0
    -Annual/28.4/1655.4

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