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<\/a>In the Dominican Republic, nine ecological zones and seven transition formations have been identified. Wet subtropical forest is the climate that covers the most area and is found dispersed throughout the national territory. The country is also divided into 20 geomorphological regions and eight\u00a0subregions.<\/p>\nDid you know?\u00a0The Dominican Republic, due to its geographical position, boasts a tropical climate influenced by various geographical factors, like orography and the influence of the trade winds, in addition to the atmospheric phenomena that affect it year-round.<\/p>\n
Temperature<\/b><\/h2>\n
The variation in temperature behavior in the Dominican Republic is intimately associated with two basic factors: geographical location and the mountainous systems that exist throughout the country.\u00a0The Dominican Republic has a median annual temperature of 25\u00b0 C (77\u00b0 F), which is defined as a hot tropical climate. The highest temperatures, around 34\u00b0 C (93\u00b0 F), are usually reached in the months from June to August, while the lowest, 19\u00b0 C (66\u00b0 F), arrive in the months between December and February.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Did<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>you<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>know<\/b>?<\/b>\u00a0Two low temperature zones coincide with the highest section of the Cordillera Central and a third low temperature center stretches from the Cordillera\u00a0Septentrional\u00a0to the Atlantic coast in the R\u00edo\u00a0Y\u00e1sica\u00a0basin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In the Dominican Republic, there are three rainy seasons: the\u00a0Temporada\u00a0Frontal (November \u2013 April), the\u00a0Temporada\u00a0Convectiva\u00a0(May \u2013 July) and the\u00a0Temporada\u00a0Cicl\u00f3nica\u00a0(August \u2013 October).<\/p>\n High precipitation zones are highly influenced by trade winds carrying humidity over the Atlantic, which arrive to the country from the Northeast, producing the so-called\u00a0lluvias\u00a0orogr\u00e1ficas\u00a0(orographic rains). This phenomenon occurs first in the Cordillera\u00a0Septentrional\u00a0and the Sierra de\u00a0Yamas\u00e1\u00a0and later in the\u00a0Cordillera Central. Annual rainfall in these areas fluctuates between 1,800 and 2,500 mm, with exceptions in the karstic zone of Los\u00a0Haitises, where more than 3,000 mm per year has been recorded.<\/p>\n The same relationship, inversed, explains rainfall in the areas of least precipitation, which are fragile, prone to drought and desertification.\u00a0 Such is the case in the Northwest regions, with a precipitation between 600 and 900 mm and the Southwest region, whose precipitation oscillates between 400 and 700 mm.<\/p>\n To access daily information and current climatic prognoses, we invite you to visit the\u00a0Oficina\u00a0Nacional de\u00a0Meteorolog\u00eda\u00a0(ONAMET):\u00a0http:\/\/www.onamet.gov.do\/<\/a>\u00a0or to call its telephone numbers:\u00a0809-788-1122 and from the interior without charge: 1-809-200-8585. ONAMET\u00a0offers service 24 hours\/ seven days a week.<\/p>\n Did you know?<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>You can get the current report here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.onamet.gov.do\/?param=pronostico-general<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Other references of interest:<\/span> <\/p>\n Hurricane\u00a0and cyclone\u00a0season begins June 1 and concludes November 31. According to the\u00a0Oficina\u00a0Nacional de\u00a0Meteorolog\u00eda\u00a0(ONAMET), the critical period is between August 15 and September 15.<\/p>\n In the last hundred years, the country has been affected by the following\u00a0hurricanes, some of which have caused great damage\u00a0throughout\u00a0national territory:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Hurricanes San\u00a0Zen\u00f3n\u00a0(1930) and David (1979) were category\u00a05.<\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>After a calmer cycle of 23 years, according to researchers, cyclonic activity shifted in 1995 to a hyperactive period that could last two or three decades.<\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Cyclones are given female and male names, in alphabetical order, alternating by season and year. If a season begins with a feminine name, the next will begin with a masculine. In addition, six name lists in the three official languages of the region (Spanish, English and French), 21 names in each, have been collected, as the most active season to this point was in 1933, with 21 named tropical cyclones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n The Saffir-Simpson potential disaster scale classifies hurricanes in five categories according to the sustained surface velocity of their winds and the above-normal swells produced. It is aimed at understanding the probable damage that a hurricane would generate if it hit a coastal area without a change in its destructive power.<\/p>\n Hurricanes are designated \u201cintense\u201d from Category 3 and above.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPrecipitations<\/h2>\n
\nOrganizaci\u00f3n\u00a0Meteorol\u00f3gica\u00a0Mundial
\n<\/a>Centro de\u00a0Meteorolog\u00eda\u00a0de CNN
\n<\/a>Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos
\n<\/a>Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos (en espa\u00f1ol)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nHurricane Season<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Scale of potential disaster from a hurricane<\/b><\/h2>\n