Sinapalo | |
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Village | |
  Sinapalo | |
| Coordinates: 14°9′56.16″N145°13′50.88″E / 14.1656000°N 145.2308000°E | |
| Country | Northern Mariana Islands |
| Island | Rota |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 1,297 |
Sinapalo or Sinapalu is a village on the island of Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands. The village is the largest settlement on the island [1] (followed by Songsong in the southwest), located south of the island's airport, Rota International Airport, close to the center of the island. [2]
According to the Saipan Tribune , Sinapalo had a population of 1,297 in 2012, making up just over half of the island of Rota's population of 2,527. [3] 14°09′56″N145°13′51″E / 14.1656°N 145.2308°E
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System
| Climate data for Rota Airport (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1993–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 89 (32) | 89 (32) | 89 (32) | 89 (32) | 90 (32) | 94 (34) | 91 (33) | 91 (33) | 96 (36) | 90 (32) | 90 (32) | 89 (32) | 96 (36) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 83.6 (28.7) | 83.5 (28.6) | 84.3 (29.1) | 85.1 (29.5) | 86.3 (30.2) | 87.1 (30.6) | 86.7 (30.4) | 85.9 (29.9) | 86.1 (30.1) | 86.1 (30.1) | 85.8 (29.9) | 84.8 (29.3) | 85.4 (29.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 78.9 (26.1) | 78.6 (25.9) | 79.3 (26.3) | 80.1 (26.7) | 81.2 (27.3) | 81.8 (27.7) | 81.2 (27.3) | 80.5 (26.9) | 80.6 (27.0) | 80.8 (27.1) | 80.8 (27.1) | 80.2 (26.8) | 80.3 (26.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 74.2 (23.4) | 73.7 (23.2) | 74.2 (23.4) | 75.1 (23.9) | 76.0 (24.4) | 76.6 (24.8) | 75.7 (24.3) | 75.2 (24.0) | 75.1 (23.9) | 75.5 (24.2) | 75.9 (24.4) | 75.5 (24.2) | 75.2 (24.0) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 63 (17) | 61 (16) | 64 (18) | 69 (21) | 66 (19) | 65 (18) | 57 (14) | 64 (18) | 64 (18) | 63 (17) | 69 (21) | 67 (19) | 57 (14) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.66 (144) | 4.76 (121) | 3.45 (88) | 3.65 (93) | 3.73 (95) | 5.41 (137) | 9.86 (250) | 14.15 (359) | 15.04 (382) | 13.88 (353) | 7.49 (190) | 5.35 (136) | 92.43 (2,348) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 19.4 | 16.8 | 15.5 | 17.2 | 18.4 | 20.2 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 25.2 | 25.3 | 22.8 | 20.7 | 251.2 |
| Source: NOAA [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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