Note: August rainfall average is 25 inches; the record for August was 39.2 inches - that record was exceeded on August 22 at 5:04 PM. In the end, we received 62.7 inches of rain in August. A brief report will be posted soon in the archives section. The Rainfall Records page has been updated to put some of the extraordinarily heavy rains in 2010 in perspective.

You may find it interesting to compare Potrerillos weather with Palmira, Chiriqui, weather. The stations are
6 miles apart in distance but 1,740 feet apart in altitude.

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