American Cordillera · Rivas Department · NicaraguaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Maderas

Stratovolcano · last major eruption 19961,394 m

Elevation1,394 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation15 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul22°average high

11.44° N, 85.51° WElevation 1,394 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Maderas in brief

Maderas rises to 1,394 m in the American Cordillera, Rivas Department, Nicaragua.

At the summit, April is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Balque, 5.2 km to the N at 68 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Maderas by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	21°	21°	22°	23°	23°	22°	22°	22°	22°	21°	21°	21°
Average low	18°	18°	18°	19°	19°	20°	19°	19°	19°	19°	19°	18°
Precipitation	88 mm	36 mm	28 mm	39 mm	260 mm	360 mm	394 mm	381 mm	364 mm	398 mm	164 mm	113 mm
Cloud cover	20%	18%	18%	30%	56%	71%	68%	64%	67%	61%	47%	28%
Daylight	11h 31	11h 46	12h 03	12h 23	12h 39	12h 47	12h 44	12h 30	12h 12	11h 53	11h 36	11h 27
Month score	76	90	92	89	56	50	51	53	52	54	60	69

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,400 m	4,400 m	4,450 m	4,550 m	4,600 m	4,600 m	4,600 m	4,600 m	4,550 m	4,500 m	4,450 m	4,400 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C