Maxcanú
Maxcanú is a lairge toun in the wastren pairt o the Mexican state o Yucatán. It functions as the seat for the Maxcanú Municipality an aw. It is locatit on Federal Heich-gate 180, approximately 62 km (38.5 mi) sooth o Mérida.
The auncient Maya steid o Oxkintok an the caves o Calcehtok are close tae Maxcanú, while anither auncient Maya dounset, Chunchucmil, is locatit ca. 25 kilometers wast o the toun.
Facilities available in Maxcanú include: internet cafes; grocery stores; fresh produce mercat; faimily restaurants; public telephones; DVD rental; hardware stores; bus station (for connections tae Mérida an Campeche); an a "combi" taxi staund for travellin tae local veelages.
Maxcanú is the birthplace o Alfredo Barrera Vásquez, the notit Mexican anthropologist an Mayanist scholar who wis the principal editor ahint the Diccionario Cordemex, the influential Mayan-Spainyie dictionar an orthografie.
Climate
[eedit | eedit soorce]| Climate data for Maxcanú | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 29.7 (85.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
34.1 (93.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.7 (98.1) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35 (95) |
34.6 (94.3) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32 (90) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.2 (68.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 28 (1.1) |
28 (1.1) |
18 (0.7) |
25 (1) |
110 (4.5) |
170 (6.7) |
160 (6.4) |
170 (6.7) |
190 (7.6) |
120 (4.7) |
48 (1.9) |
41 (1.6) |
1,108 (44) |
| Source: Weatherbase [1] | |||||||||||||
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Maxcanú, Yucatán". Weatherbase. 2011. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2014. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.