Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Andes · PeruSummit weather, forecast and climate
Posoco
5,000 mSnow likely May–Jun · Aug
Elevation5,000 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation4.9 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul7°average high
15.31° S, 72.12° WElevation 5,000 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit5,000 m
- Mid-mountain4,400 m
- Valley3,800 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Posoco in brief
Posoco rises to 5,000 m in the Andes, Peru.
At the summit, November is the mildest month with average highs of 9°, while nights stay below freezing all year.
Facts
- Elevation
- 5,000 m · 16,404 ft
- Range
- Andes
- Country
- Peru
- Coordinates
- -15.3064, -72.1244
- Nearest airport
- Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) · 129 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Posoco by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 7° | 7° | 8° | 8° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 9° | 9° |
| Average low | -2° | -2° | -2° | -4° | -6° | -7° | -7° | -7° | -6° | -5° | -4° | -3° |
| Precipitation | 266 mm | 260 mm | 233 mm | 83 mm | 18 mm | 11 mm | 9 mm | 25 mm | 30 mm | 42 mm | 50 mm | 130 mm |
| Cloud cover | 73% | 68% | 65% | 50% | 26% | 19% | 15% | 18% | 27% | 45% | 58% | 67% |
| Daylight | 12h 56 | 12h 35 | 12h 12 | 11h 45 | 11h 24 | 11h 13 | 11h 18 | 11h 36 | 12h 00 | 12h 26 | 12h 49 | 13h 02 |
| Month score | 7 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 51 | 50 | 40 | 33 | 10 |
Snow and freezing level
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 | 5,400 m | 5,400 m | 5,400 m | 5,300 m | 5,100 m | 5,000 m | 5,050 m | 5,100 m | 5,150 m | 5,300 m | 5,400 m | 5,400 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | above 0 °C | ❄ snow | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Posoco in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of PeruPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ch'ila | 5,654 m | – | 12 km S | 6° |
| Casiri (Arequipa) | 5,647 m | – | 18 km S | 6° |
| Yuraccacsa | 5,465 m | – | 16 km S | 6° |
| Huayta | 5,400 m | – | 8.1 km W | 6° |
| Chinchón | 5,400 m | – | 9.4 km W | 6° |
| Aceruta | 5,400 m | – | 10 km W | 6° |
| Chuañuma | 5,400 m | – | 13 km SW | 6° |
| Chila Pillune | 5,400 m | – | 13 km SW | 6° |