Northern Range · Borough of Arima · Trinidad and TobagoSummit weather, forecast and climate

El Cerro del Aripo

940 mMajor summit

Elevation940 mabove sea level

Prominence940 mindependent height

Isolation151 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul24°average high

10.72° N, 61.25° WElevation 940 mUTC−4 · Atlantic Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Summit940 m
Mid-mountain500 m
Valley · Arima62 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

El Cerro del Aripo in brief

El Cerro del Aripo rises to 940 m in the Northern Range, Borough of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 940 m, a major independent summit.

At the summit, September is the mildest month with average highs of 25°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Arima, 9.5 km to the S at 62 m.

Facts

Elevation: 940 m · 3,084 ft
Prominence: 940 m
Range: Northern Range
Region: Borough of Arima
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinates: 10.7167, -61.2500
Nearest airport: Piarco International Airport (POS) · 17 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 El Cerro del Aripo by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

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

Climate normals for El Cerro del Aripo by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	22°	23°	23°	24°	24°	24°	24°	24°	25°	24°	24°	23°
Average low	20°	20°	20°	21°	21°	21°	21°	21°	21°	21°	21°	20°
Precipitation	132 mm	86 mm	60 mm	102 mm	161 mm	300 mm	298 mm	340 mm	245 mm	257 mm	341 mm	245 mm
Cloud cover	19%	22%	24%	34%	39%	51%	44%	43%	45%	47%	39%	28%
Daylight	11h 34	11h 47	12h 04	12h 22	12h 37	12h 45	12h 42	12h 29	12h 11	11h 54	11h 38	11h 30
Month score	67	76	84	70	63	58	61	62	61	60	63	67

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	4,200 m	4,200 m	4,250 m	4,400 m	4,450 m	4,400 m	4,350 m	4,400 m	4,500 m	4,450 m	4,350 m	4,250 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