Thomassin

This article is about a neighborhood of Pétionville, Haiti. For other uses, see Thomassin (disambiguation).
Thomassin
Neighboorhood
Thomassin

Location in Haiti[1]

Coordinates: 18°29′18″N 72°18′43.4″W / 18.48833°N 72.312056°W / 18.48833; -72.312056Coordinates: 18°29′18″N 72°18′43.4″W / 18.48833°N 72.312056°W / 18.48833; -72.312056
Country Haiti
Department Ouest
Arrondissement Port-au-Prince
Elevation 944[2] m (3,097.11 ft)

Thomassin is a neighborhood on the mountainside south of Pétionville, Haiti.[3] Many upper-class citizens reside in the area.[4][5]

Geography

Climate

Climate is tropical with some variation depending on altitude. The average high temperature in Thomassin is 20.3 °C (68.54 °F). August being the warmest month with an average of 21.9 °C (71.42°F). January has the lowest temperature of any month throughout the year, with an average low of 71.3 °C (64.94 °F).[6]

The annual average rainfall 1755 mm (69.09 in). With an average precipitation of 27 mm (1.06 in) in January, it is the driest month of the year. May sees the most precipitation with an annual average of 255 mm (10.04 in).[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency". GeoNames Search. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Calais, Eric, ed. (19 January 2003), Haiti - GPS site descriptions (PDF), Purdue University – Earth and Atmospheric Science Department, p. 3, retrieved 5 April 2016
  3. ↑ Haiti-Référence: 7410.- Codes postaux en Haiti
  4. ↑ OSAC: Haiti 2012
  5. ↑ PostCodeBase - Thomassin, Pétionville, Port-au-Prince, Ouest: HT 6142
  6. 1 2 Climatedata.org (Köppen-Geiger climate classification) - Climate: Thomassin


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