Bom Jesus, Piauí
# Bom Jesus, Piauí

Bom Jesus is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.

The municipality contains part of the 823,843 hectares (2,035,760 acres) Serra das Confusões National Park, created in 1998, which protects an area of the Caatinga biome.

## Name

Bom Jesus means "Good Jesus" in Portuguese.

## Geography and climate

Bom Jesus has a rather dry tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). It received national recognition in November 21, 2005 when it was measured the temperature of 44.7 °C (112.4 °F) in the town, the highest ever officially recorded in Brazil until November 2020.

The municipality contains part of the Uruçui-Una Ecological Station.

Climate data for Bom Jesus, Piauí (1961–1990) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 44.6 (112.3) | 43.2 (109.8) | 42.6 (108.7) | 39.2 (102.6) | 39.7 (103.5) | 40.2 (104.4) | 40.2 (104.4) | 41.3 (106.3) | 42.5 (108.5) | 42.5 (108.5) | 44.7 (112.5) | 43.2 (109.8) | 44.7 (112.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.7 (90.9) | 32.7 (90.9) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.6 (90.7) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.7 (92.7) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.9 (94.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 35.8 (96.4) | 34.5 (94.1) | 33.9 (93.0) | 32.6 (90.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.1 (80.8) | 28.1 (82.6) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.8 (82.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.7 (71.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.7 (62.1) | 15.1 (59.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.9 (55.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 18.6 (65.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 12.7 (54.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 145.9 (5.74) | 149.8 (5.90) | 172.9 (6.81) | 112.3 (4.42) | 28.9 (1.14) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 14.5 (0.57) | 71.1 (2.80) | 114.5 (4.51) | 153.8 (6.06) | 963.7 (37.95) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 68 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 63.9 | 64.9 | 64.4 | 61.9 | 58.2 | 52.1 | 48.8 | 41.3 | 42.0 | 46.6 | 56.5 | 59.6 | 54.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 185.8 | 160.2 | 169.5 | 211.3 | 268.4 | 281.0 | 298.4 | 308.6 | 269.4 | 235.6 | 200.8 | 187.2 | 2,776.8 |
| Source: INMET ||||||||||||||
