LA PIMIENTA, CHIAPAS

Tropical monsoon climate, occasionally also known as a tropical wet climate or tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate in climate classification, is a relatively rare type of climate. Tropical monsoon climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18°C (64°F) in every month of the year and feature wet and dry seasons, as Tropical savanna climates do. Unlike tropical savanna climates however, a tropical monsoon climate's driest month sees less than 60 mm (2.36 in) of precipitation. Also a tropical monsoon climate tends to see less variance in temperatures during the course of the year than a tropical savanna climate. This climate has a driest month which nearly always occurs at or soon after the "winter" solstice for that side of the equator.

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Am". (Tropical Monsoon Climate).

The average temperature for the year in La Pimienta is 73.9°F (23.3°C). The warmest month, on average, is May with an average temperature of 78.6°F (25.9°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 68.7°F (20.4°C).

The highest recorded temperature in La Pimienta is 104.0°F (40°C), which was recorded in May. The lowest recorded temperature in La Pimienta is 34.7°F (1.5°C), which was recorded in May.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in La Pimienta is 84.5" (2146.3 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is September with 15.1" (383.5 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is April with an average of 2.5" (63.5 mm). In terms of liquid precipitation, there are an average of 121.1 days of rain, with the most rain occurring in September with 16.9 days of rain, and the least rain occurring in May with 4.4 days of rain.