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Seropédica | |
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Município de Seropédica | |
Coordinates: 22°44′38″S 43°42′28″W / 22.74389°S 43.70778°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | Rio de Janeiro |
Government | |
• Prefeito | Lucas Dutra |
Area | |
• Total | 283.794 km2 (109.573 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population (2020
[1]) | |
• Total | 83,092 |
Time zone | UTC−3 ( BRT) |
Website | [2] |
Seropédica (Silk Farm, Portuguese pronunciation: [seɾoˈpɛdʒikɐ]) is a municipality located in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 75 km from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 83,092 (2020) and its area is 284 km². [2]
The municipality is home of the main campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and an Embrapa research institute focused on agroecology.
The bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae is named after Seropédica, as it was isolated in the locality. [3]
Climate data for Seropédica (Ecologia Agricola) (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) |
33.2 (91.8) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 197.8 (7.79) |
146.6 (5.77) |
157.2 (6.19) |
76.3 (3.00) |
63.8 (2.51) |
38.6 (1.52) |
37.7 (1.48) |
28.9 (1.14) |
87.0 (3.43) |
97.8 (3.85) |
149.4 (5.88) |
178.6 (7.03) |
1,259.7 (49.59) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 104 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 72.0 | 69.6 | 73.8 | 72.8 | 73.8 | 71.8 | 71.7 | 70.2 | 72.8 | 73.3 | 73.2 | 73.0 | 72.3 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 194.3 | 199.8 | 189.3 | 194.0 | 190.0 | 202.1 | 196.0 | 199.7 | 135.7 | 156.0 | 163.7 | 166.7 | 2,187.3 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia [4] |