| Cerro El Pital | |
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| Elevation | 2,730 m (8,957 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 1,530 m (5,020 ft) [1] |
| Listing | Country high point Ultra |
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Cerro El Pital
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| Location | Chalatenango Department, El Salvador – Honduras |
| Range | Sierra Madre |
| Coordinates | [1] |
Cerro El Pital is a mountain in Central America, on the border of El Salvador and Honduras. It is located 12 km (7 mi) from the town of La Palma and at a height of 2,730 m (8,957 ft) it is the highest point of the Salvadoran territory. It is a mountain in the middle of a cloudy forest that has an average annual temperature of 10 °C (50 °F).[2]
It is one of the most touristic places of the country with many endangered plants and animals with a wide altitudinal range and thus a big biodiversity. The cloud forest in the esesmiles has rare fauna and flora for the country, it has quetzales and other endangered species.
In the months of November to February the temperature is between 10 and -6 degrees Celsius (January 1956) and the other months the temperature is between 20 and 5 degrees Celsius. Is the coldest place in El Salvador. On 13 April 2004, much of the hill was covered by hail accumulation that caused commotion among the local community.[3]
| Climate data for Cerro El Pital, Chalatenango, El Salvador | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13 (55) |
14 (57) |
15 (59) |
15 (59) |
14 (57) |
12 (54) |
10 (50) |
8.1 (46.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11 (52) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1 (34) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
4 (39) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.2 (20.8) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
0 (32) |
1 (34) |
1 (34) |
0 (32) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−6 (21) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 10.0 (0.394) |
20.0 (0.787) |
10.0 (0.394) |
6.0 (0.236) |
152.0 (5.984) |
242.0 (9.528) |
266.0 (10.472) |
286.0 (11.26) |
290.0 (11.417) |
217.0 (8.543) |
36.0 (1.417) |
10.0 (0.394) |
1,534 (60.39) |
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